Skip to main content
Thumbnail for Words fail me

Words fail me

Monachino, Teresa2019
Books, Manuscripts
Here, Teresa Monachino rounds up and breaks down a variety of unruly words: words lacking in integrity, misleading words that do not mean what they say, words that mean more than they say, words with inconsistent pronunciation or spellings that are just plain cruel! Using striking and witty graphic design the author demands answers to such troublesome questions as, why is abbreviation such a long word, does monosyllabic really need five syllables and why is lisp so hard to say if you have one?
Main title:
Words fail me / Teresa Monachino.
Author:
Imprint:
Edinburgh : Polygon, 2019.
Collation:
144 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 19 cm
ISBN:
9781846975233 (hbk)
Dewey class:
428.1
LC class:
PE1449
Local class:
428.1
Language:
English
BRN:
2610732
View my active saved list
0 items in my active saved list