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The Cabinet of Calm: Soothing Words for Troubled Times by Paul Anthony Jones
$26.99 AUD
Category: Better Living, Self Help & Personal development
Do you ever find yourself suffering from mal-de-siècle (n.) (a world-weariness brought on by the current state of affairs)? Do you simply want to snerdle (v.) (to wrap up cozily in bed) or hide away in your growlery (n.) (a place you like to retreat to when you’re in a bad mood)?Sometimes the language o ...Show more
The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities by Paul Anthony Jones
$29.99 AUD
Category: Language
'Brilliant for anyone interested in the effervescent oddness of English' --Stig Abell on Word DropsThis is the perfect language gift book: a surprising or obscure word for every day of the year. Paul Anthony Jones has unearthed a wealth of wonderful and strange words: dip into this beautifully designed ...Show more
Why Is This a Question? The Origins, Oddities and Mysteries of Language by Paul Anthony Jones
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Category: Language
A fascinating exploration of the nuts and bolts of human language.Why don't eleven and twelve end in -teen? The rest of our counting system sits in neatly arithmetical sets of ten, so why do these two rulebreakers seem so at odds to the numbers that follow them? Admittedly, that's probably a question y ...Show more
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