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Author |
: Vivian Cook |
Publisher |
: Profile Books |
Total Pages |
: 336 |
Release |
: 2010-12-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781847653192 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1847653197 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis It's All in a Word by : Vivian Cook
Cross words, crass words, kind words, bad words, first words, rude words, new words, weazel words, teen words, rap words, power words, colour words, Indian words, Brit words, Blairwords, war words, ad words, p-c words, borrowed words, Shakespeare's amazing words, false words, fine words, wine words, American words, name words, last words, even lost for words - this book has them all. Vivian Cook takes us on a series of excursions down the curious byways of word history and meaning, mingling the fare with games, lists, tests, and quotes. Discover the theojollylogical joys of infixation. Find out if you're a charva, what it means to be nithered, and how to hoy. Delve into the hidden nature of words. Consider how they're born, why they change, and how they die. Learn about the words that are never spoken and others that don't get written. Here's a book overflowing with words and about every kind and variety of word. It offers an irresistible cornucopia of information and entertainment.
Author |
: William E. Marsh |
Publisher |
: AuthorHouse |
Total Pages |
: 142 |
Release |
: 2012-04 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781468558371 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1468558374 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (71 Downloads) |
Synopsis It's All in a Word by : William E. Marsh
Why do we speak? We speak because we have purpose, and we have purpose because we have been created, created, as it were, with speech. We speak because we have been spoken into existence. This book is about this speech, this Word that spoke us into existence. It's about how to know this Word, this Word that made us, this Word that gives us form, joy, and meaning. It's about how to know our creator, the loving and holy God who made us. For when we know our creator, we know who we are and we know why we are here. We know how to live, and we know how to die. We know everything we need to know. It all begins with speech, the Word became flesh, the Word that made the world. That's why we speak.
Author |
: William E. Marsh |
Publisher |
: Author House |
Total Pages |
: 142 |
Release |
: 2012-04-09 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781468558364 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1468558366 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (64 Downloads) |
Synopsis It's All in a Word: God, Life, and Meaning by : William E. Marsh
Why do we speak? We speak because we have purpose, and we have purpose because we have been created, created, as it were, with speech. We speak because we have been spoken into existence. This book is about this speech, this Word that spoke us into existence. It's about how to know this Word, this Word that made us, this Word that gives us form, joy, and meaning. It's about how to know our creator, the loving and holy God who made us. For when we know our creator, we know who we are and we know why we are here. We know how to live, and we know how to die. We know everything we need to know. It all begins with speech, the Word became flesh, the Word that made the world. That's why we speak.
Author |
: John Simpson |
Publisher |
: Basic Books |
Total Pages |
: 385 |
Release |
: 2016-10-25 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780465096527 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0465096522 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (27 Downloads) |
Synopsis The Word Detective by : John Simpson
Can you drink a glass of balderdash? What do you call the part of a dog's back it can't scratch? And if, serendipitously, you find yourself in Serendip, then where exactly are you? The answers to all of these questions -- and a great many more -- can be found in the pages of the Oxford English Dictionary, the definitive record of the English language. And there is no better guide to the dictionary's many wonderments than the former chief editor of the OED, John Simpson. Simpson spent almost four decades of his life immersed in the intricacies of our language, and guides us through its history with charmingly laconic wit. In The Word Detective, an intensely personal memoir and a joyful celebration of English, he weaves a story of how words come into being (and sometimes disappear), how culture shapes the language we use, and how technology has transformed not only the way we speak and write but also how words are made. Throughout, he enlivens his narrative with lively excavations and investigations of individual words -- from deadline to online and back to 101 (yes, it's a word) -- all the while reminding us that the seemingly mundane words (can you name the four different meanings of ma?) are often the most interesting ones. But Simpson also reminds us of the limitations of language: spending his days in the OED's house of words, his family at home is forced to confront the challenges of wordlessness. A brilliant and deeply humane expedition through the world of words, The Word Detective will delight and inspire any lover of language.
Author |
: Vivian Cook |
Publisher |
: Melville House |
Total Pages |
: 249 |
Release |
: 2010 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781935554226 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1935554220 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (26 Downloads) |
Synopsis All in a Word by : Vivian Cook
"100 delightful excursions into the uses and abuses of words"--Cover.
Author |
: Hanoch Teller |
Publisher |
: Feldheim Publishers |
Total Pages |
: 456 |
Release |
: 1997 |
ISBN-10 |
: 1881939103 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9781881939108 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (03 Downloads) |
Synopsis It's a Small Word After All by : Hanoch Teller
A collection of new, inspiring stories demonstrating how a tender word and a friendly gesture, or the smallest act of lovingkindness, can have far-reaching ramifications and even change someone's life forever.
Author |
: Gregory Scott Katsoulis |
Publisher |
: Harlequin |
Total Pages |
: 259 |
Release |
: 2017-08-29 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9781488015472 |
ISBN-13 |
: 1488015473 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (72 Downloads) |
Synopsis All Rights Reserved by : Gregory Scott Katsoulis
In a world where every word and gesture is copyrighted, patented or trademarked, one girl elects to remain silent rather than pay to speak, and her defiant and unexpected silence threatens to unravel the very fabric of society. Speth Jime is anxious to deliver her Last Day speech and celebrate her transition into adulthood. The moment she turns fifteen, Speth must pay for every word she speaks (“Sorry” is a flat ten dollars and a legal admission of guilt), for every nod ($0.99/sec), for every scream ($0.99/sec) and even every gesture of affection. She’s been raised to know the consequences of falling into debt, and can’t begin to imagine the pain of having her eyes shocked for speaking words that she’s unable to afford. But when Speth’s friend Beecher commits suicide rather than work off his family’s crippling debt, she can’t express her shock and dismay without breaking her Last Day contract and sending her family into Collection. Backed into a corner, Speth finds a loophole: rather than read her speech—rather than say anything at all—she closes her mouth and vows never to speak again. Speth’s unexpected defiance of tradition sparks a media frenzy, inspiring others to follow in her footsteps, and threatens to destroy her, her family and the entire city around them.
Author |
: Larry Smith |
Publisher |
: Harper Collins |
Total Pages |
: 242 |
Release |
: 2009-10-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780061750915 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0061750913 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (15 Downloads) |
Synopsis Not Quite What I Was Planning by : Larry Smith
Deceptively simple and surprisingly addictive, Not Quite What I Was Planning is a thousand glimpses of humanity—six words at a time. One Life. Six Words. What's Yours? When Hemingway famously wrote, "For Sale: baby shoes, never worn," he proved that an entire story can be told using a half dozen words. When the online storytelling magazine SMITH asked readers to submit six-word memoirs, they proved a whole, real life can be told this way too. The results are fascinating, hilarious, shocking, and moving. From small sagas of bittersweet romance ("Found true love, married someone else") to proud achievements and stinging regrets ("After Harvard, had baby with crackhead"), these terse true tales relate the diversity of human experience in tasty bite-sized pieces. From authors Jonathan Lethem and Richard Ford to comedians Stephen Colbert and Amy Sedaris, to ordinary folks around the world, everyone has a six-word story to tell.
Author |
: John A. Simpson |
Publisher |
: Oxford University Press |
Total Pages |
: |
Release |
: 2002-04-18 |
ISBN-10 |
: 0195218892 |
ISBN-13 |
: 9780195218893 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (92 Downloads) |
Synopsis Oxford English Dictionary by : John A. Simpson
The Oxford English Dictionary is the internationally recognized authority on the evolution of the English language from 1150 to the present day. The Dictionary defines over 500,000 words, making it an unsurpassed guide to the meaning, pronunciation, and history of the English language. This new upgrade version of The Oxford English Dictionary Second Edition on CD-ROM offers unparalleled access to the world's most important reference work for the English language. The text of this version has been augmented with the inclusion of the Oxford English Dictionary Additions Series (Volumes 1-3), published in 1993 and 1997, the Bibliography to the Second Edition, and other ancillary material. System requirements: PC with minimum 200 MHz Pentium-class processor; 32 MB RAM (64 MB recommended); 16-speed CD-ROM drive (32-speed recommended); Windows 95, 98, Me, NT, 200, or XP (Local administrator rights are required to install and open the OED for the first time on a PC running Windows NT 4 and to install and run the OED on Windows 2000 and XP); 1.1 GB hard disk space to run the OED from the CD-ROM and 1.7 GB to install the CD-ROM to the hard disk: SVGA monitor: 800 x 600 pixels: 16-bit (64k, high color) setting recommended. Please note: for the upgrade, installation requires the use of the OED CD-ROM v2.0.
Author |
: Vivian Cook |
Publisher |
: Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages |
: 176 |
Release |
: 2005-09-13 |
ISBN-10 |
: 9780743289993 |
ISBN-13 |
: 0743289994 |
Rating |
: 4/5 (93 Downloads) |
Synopsis Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary by : Vivian Cook
"It is a damn poor mind that can think of only one way to spell a word." -- Andrew Jackson Weird or wierd? Necessary or neccessary? Recomend or recommend? English spelling is fiendish, but that doesn't mean you can't have fun with it. Accomodating Brocolli in the Cemetary is at once a celebration of spelling and a solace to anyone who has ever struggled with the arcane rules of the English language. As amusing as he is informative, Vivian Cook thrills the reader with more than a hundred entries -- from photographs of hilariously misspelled signs to quizzes best taken in private to schadenfreude-rich examples of spelling errors of literary greats -- that will tickle the inner spelling geek in every reader. It all adds up to a gem of a book that takes a wry look at the hodgepodge evolution of spelling and the eccentric way it actually works. Difficult Words Spelling Test Circle whichever one is right. 1. dessicate desiccate desicate 2. ecstasy exstacy ecstacy 3. adress adres address 4. dumbel dumbbell dumbell 5. accomodate accommodate acommodate 6. necesary neccesary necessary 7. liaison liaision liason 8. pronounciation pronounceation pronunciation 9. ocurence occurrence occurence 10. embarass embaras embarrass 11. brocolli broccolli broccoli 12. refering referring refferring 13. cemetery semetary cemetary