Susie Dent Forfatter
Visning: Type : Alle | Sprog : Engelsk | Format : Paperback / softback Der vises kun varer på engelsk
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How to Talk Like a Local: A National Phrasebook from the author of Word Perfect (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
From dardledumdue, which means daydreamer in East Anglia, through forkin robbins, the Yorkshire term for earwigs, to clemt, a Lancashire word that means... Læs mere
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What Made The Crocodile Cry?: 101 questions about the English language (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Sparkling with insight and linguistic curiosity, this delightful compendium answers 101 of the most intriguing questions about the English language, from word origins and spelling to grammar and usage. Irresistible to anyone with an interest in the words around them.
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Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Learn how to decode the private languages that are swapped around us every day - amongst cabbies and paramedics, soap stars and comedians, cricketers and barristers - in Susie Dent's unique and witty guide to Britain's modern tribes.
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Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment Every Day (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The perfect present for word-lovers: a word for every day of the year: 'WORD PERFECT is a golden vaulted cave of fascinating and funny hidden gems' JO BRAND
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Words from the Heart: An Emotional Dictionary (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
There is a word for how you feel, however you feel and Susie Dent, lexicographer extraordinaire and Queen of Countdown's Dictionary Corner, is going to help you find it.
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Interesting Stories about Curious Words: From Stealing Thunder to Red Herrings (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A literary treasure-trove packed with amazing words, jaw-dropping stories and unforgettable etymologies from Countdown's Queen of Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent
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Guilty by Definition: The instant Sunday Times bestselling linguistic mystery to gift this Father's Day from Britain's wordsmith, Susie Dent (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Agatha Christie meets Countdown in the debut mystery novel from the genius of Dictionary Corner, Susie Dent
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