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    The Weird World of Words: A Guided Tour

    By Mitchell Symons and Andrew Pinder

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    About this ebook

    Did you know that ‘Almost’ is the longest word in the English language with all of its letters in alphabetical order ? Or that ‘Stewardesses’ is the longest word you can type solely with your left hand? Or that fireflies aren’t actually flies, they’re beetles? From information about words and their uses, to useful lists of things you never knew had names, palindromes, famous lines from literature and film, bizarre test answers and more, The Weird World of Words is bursting with truly oddball facts about words and language—and will have you hooked from the very first page.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLerner Publishing
    Release dateAug 1, 2019
    ISBN9781541582125
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    The Weird World of Words: A Guided Tour
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    Mitchell Symons

    Mitchell Symons is the author of Why Girls Can't Throw, as well as This Book, That Book, and The Other Book. The creator of dozens of crossword, trivia, and humor books, Symons is a columnist for London's Sunday Express.

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