Interesting Stories about Curious Words - From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings

Informationen zum Autor Susie Dent is the resident word expert in Dictionary Corner on C4's Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown , and has been on every programme about words: 15 x 15 , Word of Mouth , and More or Less. Susie also writes regularly for the Radio Times , The Week Junior and The I , and her Word of the Day has attracted over 1,000,000 followers on Twitter. Klappentext A literary treasure-trove packed with amazing words, jaw-dropping stories and unforgettable etymologies from Countdown's Queen of Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent Vorwort A literary treasure-trove packed with amazing words, jaw-dropping stories and unforgettable etymologies from Countdown 's Queen of Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent Zusammenfassung Join Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown 's Dictionary Corner, on a curious and exceedingly interesting adventure through all the very best RED HERRINGS, COCK AND BULL STORIES and NINE-DAY WONDERS in the English language. Who was SWEET FANNY ADAMS? What's the dramatic true story behind STEALING THUNDER? Why is it CHANCING YOUR ARM when you take a risk? What do bears have to do with LICKING INTO SHAPE? Or robbers with PULLING SOMEONE'S LEG? Why are CIRCLES VICIOUS? And, what's so bad about a WHITE ELEPHANT? 'Nobody on earth knows more about the English language than Susie Dent' Gyles Brandreth

Summary

A literary treasure-trove packed with amazing words, jaw-dropping stories and unforgettable etymologies from Countdown's Queen of Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent

Product details

• Authors: Susie Dent, Dent Susie
• Publisher: John Murray
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 28.09.2023
• EAN: 9781399811675
• ISBN: 978-1-399-81167-5
• No. of pages: 432
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 223 mm x 33 mm
• Series: Father Anselm Novels
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Non-fiction book > Dictionaries, reference works > Foreign-language dictionaries; REFERENCE / Dictionaries, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Lexicography, Language: reference & general, Language: reference and general, Lexicography