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How to Sound Really Clever

Hubert van den Bergh
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Product details

  • ISBN 9781472922472
  • Weight: 260g
  • Dimensions: 126 x 196mm
  • Publication Date: 25 Aug 2016
  • Publisher: Bloomsbury Information
  • Publication City/Country: London, GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
  • Language: English
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Description

Outfoxed by words like condign, Zelig-like and agitprop? Unsure of the true meanings of nonplussed, disinterested and gauntlet? How to Sound Really Clever explains over 600 words that you really ought to know but haven’t had time to look up in the dictionary.

In this sequel to the bestselling How to Sound Clever, author Hubert van den Bergh brings together more words that have made him raise an admiring eyebrow when hearing them trip off other people’s tongues, or smile when seeing them in newsprint.

The stories behind the everyday words that pepper this book may surprise you – like that behind pastiche (and why it derives from the Italian for ‘piecrust’) – and will help you clear up those linguistic riddles that no one around a dinner table ever seems to be able to explain.
About Hubert van den Bergh
Hubert van den Bergh has worked in London for the past decade. A language enthusiast, he read French and Linguistics at Oxford University. He is the author of How to Sound Clever (Bloomsbury, 2010) and is a regular contributor to the Daily Telegraph.

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