Word Nerd
3 journalers for this copy...
Copied from amazon.com:
The English language is full of beauty and surprises. If you're a lover of the weird and wonderful, from fascinating etymology to the ten most overused and useless English phrases, this book isn't averse to a peppering of persiflage!Did you know: - pilots and air traffic controllers at major air international airports have to speak English- the hashtag symbol is an "octothorpe"- "bumfiddle" means to spoil a piece of paper or document- the word "noon" originally meant 3pm; the literal meaning of "bamboozle" is to make a baboon out of someone. This book contains a boatload of things you didn't know about the English language and it's a guaranteed prolix-free zone.
A hardcover edition from Hachette. I bought this at a backyard sale (last year?) at Tronsmo in Oslo. I read it recently and it was entertaining if you are a, well, word nerd.
The English language is full of beauty and surprises. If you're a lover of the weird and wonderful, from fascinating etymology to the ten most overused and useless English phrases, this book isn't averse to a peppering of persiflage!Did you know: - pilots and air traffic controllers at major air international airports have to speak English- the hashtag symbol is an "octothorpe"- "bumfiddle" means to spoil a piece of paper or document- the word "noon" originally meant 3pm; the literal meaning of "bamboozle" is to make a baboon out of someone. This book contains a boatload of things you didn't know about the English language and it's a guaranteed prolix-free zone.
A hardcover edition from Hachette. I bought this at a backyard sale (last year?) at Tronsmo in Oslo. I read it recently and it was entertaining if you are a, well, word nerd.
The book found a new reader at a Swedish-Norwegian meetup in Gothenburg! 😃
This book was impossible not to grab at the meet-up yesterday since I truly am a word nerd.
2024-04-16
So many words out there I didn´t know existed, that I probably can´t pronounce and that I´ve already forgotten. So much fun reading thos book, thanks for sharing.
2024-04-16
So many words out there I didn´t know existed, that I probably can´t pronounce and that I´ve already forgotten. So much fun reading thos book, thanks for sharing.
Journal Entry 4 by 
Panzeranzi
at BC 2024 Convention in Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Panzeranzi at BC 2024 Convention in Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland on Tuesday, April 16, 2024
Released 3 wks ago (4/19/2024 UTC) at BC 2024 Convention in Tampere, Pirkanmaa / Birkaland Finland
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Released om BC convention 2024! =)
Seemed like a reference book I’d like. English phrases to faze me and to be used to appear intelligent in front of others even though I find I’d rather be simple and understood than use specific learned vocabulary
