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Paul Anthony Jones

Word Drops

A Sprinkling of Linguistic Curiosities

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If you're logofascinated, you are literally spellbound by language.>This surprising compendium of 1,000 facts about words, language and etymology is here to inspire your curiosity and delight in discovery. In Word Drops, you can delve into a smattering of unexpected connections and weird juxtapositions, stumble upon a new or remarkable word, or learn of many a bizarre etymological quirk or tall tale.>- Did you know that the bowl made by cupping your hands together is called a gowpen?>- And speaking of bowls, the earliest known reference to bowling in English dates from 1555, when bowling alleys were banned by an Act of Parliament.&gt… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-78396-154-2
  • EAN: 9781783961542
  • Produktnummer: 18126038
  • Verlag: Elliott & Thompson
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2015
  • Seitenangabe: 300 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 2'516 KB

Über den Autor


Paul Anthony Jones is the author of several books on trivia and language, including The British Isles: A Trivia Gazetteer, Haggard Hawks & Paltry Poltroons and its sequel, Jedburgh Justice & Kentish Fire. He has written for the Guardian and is a regular contributor to the Huffington Post and Mental Floss. A piano teacher and musician, he lives in Newcastle.

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