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Books about words

• by Bob Cunningham

  Michael Quinion has at his Web site reviews of the following books that should be of interest to word lovers:

  • Two Books on Wordplay, by David Crystal and Richard Lederer
  • America in So Many Words, by David K Barnhardt & Allan A Metcal
  • Coined by Shakespeare, by Jeffrey McQuain and Stanley Malless
  • A Glossary for The Nineties, by David Rowan
  • Jesse's Word of the Day, By Jesse Sheidlower
  • The Slang of Sin, By Tom Dalzell

  See Michael Quinion's complete list of book and CD reviews at World Wide Words.

  
  
  

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