Paul Anthony Jones

A Winter Dictionary

A Collection of Words for the Festive Season. Sprache: Englisch.
gebunden , 224 Seiten
ISBN 1783968230
EAN 9781783968237
Veröffentlicht Oktober 2024
Verlag/Hersteller Elliott & Thompson Ltd
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Beschreibung

A linguistic celebration of all aspects of the season, from wintry weather to Christmas celebrations.

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Paul Anthony Jones is the author of several books on trivia and language including The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities, The Accidental Dictionary, Word Drops, The British Isles: A Trivia Gazetteer, Haggard Hawks & Paltry Poltroons and its sequel, Jedburgh Justice & Kentish Fire. He appears regularly in the Telegraph online, BBC Radio 4's World at One, Buzzfeed, the Huffington Post and Mental Floss, and has contributed to the Guardian, Independent and Oxford and Cambridge dictionaries online. He also runs @HaggardHawks, the hugely popular language-based Twitter account and YouTube channel. He lives in Newcastle upon Tyne.