The Weird World of Words

The Weird World of Words
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Publisher : Zest Books ™
Total Pages : 290
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ISBN-10 : 9781541582125
ISBN-13 : 1541582128
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Book Synopsis The Weird World of Words by : Mitchell Symons

Download or read book The Weird World of Words written by Mitchell Symons and published by Zest Books ™. This book was released on 2019-08-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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