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The Word Snoop (2007)

by Ursula Dubosarsky(Favorite Author)

4.09 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0803734069 (ISBN13: 9780803734067)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Dial

review 1: This book was like a texbook. There was no storyline, and no characters. It just taught me everythimg there is to know about words and thing that have to do with them. Things like languages, alphabets, puncuation, acronyms, puns, the history of words, and much more. I learned a lot from this book. For example, the word laser is an acronym. Laser means Light Amplifacation by Stimulating Emission of Radiation. The book also had some secret codes to decipher, so it wasn't all facts and history. The Word Snoop was a very fun book to read and I would give a strong recommendation to whoever reads my review
review 2: Loved this book about the alphabet, the English language and other related word matters. I learnt so much about subjects that could have been ver... morey dry and uninteresting - eg. that the Phoenician language, which is the basis for Greek, Etruscan and then Roman, had no vowels!! Loved the section on Mondegreens, which are songs which are misheard - made me laugh. Is right up to date too, with information on texting etc. Great accompanying illustrations add real depth to the text. Loved Haley's Comma for instance. Nominated for CBA Infomation books 2009. less

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