Puns, Puzzles, and Word Play: Fun and Ga
β Jim Bernhard
π Library
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2014
π Skyhorse Publishing
π English
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Words Gone Wild: Fun and Games for Language Lovers
β Scribed by Jim Bernhard
- Publisher
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Year
- 2010
- Tongue
- English
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
A treasury for anyone who enjoys puns, puzzles, palindromes, and all kinds of wordplay!
This enlightening and entertaining guide to humorous language is chock-full of comical spoonerisms, droll malapropisms, witty anagrams, limericks, tongue-twisters, and more. It also provides a bit of historical and etymological education, with puns from Greek dramatists, Shakespeare, the Bible, George S. Kaufman, and Groucho Marx.
Occasionally bawdy and always playful, Words Gone Wild is a fun-filled volume for anyone who loves language—and laughter.
β¦ Subjects
Reference, Nonfiction, REF023000
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