What in the Word? Wordplay, Word Lore, and Answers to Your Peskiest Questions about Language by Charles Harrington Elster

What in the Word? Wordplay, Word Lore, and Answers to Your Peskiest Questions about Language

Charles Harrington Elster

304 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction funny informative fast-paced
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Are you so sure about "assure," "ensure," and "insure" ? Can you determine whether a knob of butter is equivalent to a lump or a pat or a scosh? Can you say which word in the English language has the most definitions, or who put the H in Jesus H. ...

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