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	• A Word A Day: A Romp Through Some of the Most Unusual and Intriguing Words in English Anu Garg, Stuti Garg Wiley, 2002 - 224 pages average customer review:based on 19 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

A fresh approach to words and language

Have always loved the AWAD web site and Garg's fresh approach to language. How nice to have a book in one's hand to peruse at leisure. Garg's introductions to each chapter personalize and make the somewhat arcane words come to life.

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I am one happy customer!

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Anu Garg writes a fun romp through the riches of the English language. Did'ja know that English has about 100,000 words? And than the NEXT wordiest language is German--and it has only about 20,000 (and they swipe English words shamelessly.)

If you want to gain more vocabulary and have fun doing it, I can't recommend this fine book enough. If you like the works of writers like Richard Lederer (Anguished English), you will really want a copy of this. Since I like words and I enjoy learning new ones, I was pleased to find that there were plenty of words here I had never seen before. Great fun for students, especially those training for SAT's. Recommended.

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The joy, magic and music of words ..

For those of us who love words, this book is a wonderful addition to any collection of books about language. The book is not primarily a vocabulary builder (although it can be), it is more a celebration of the interesting, the obscure and the unusual.

I bought this book back in 2004 after discovering the word a day website. I may never use most of thee words in my everyday speech or writing, but I feel enriched by making their acquaintance. I must treat myself to the second book soon.

Jennifer Cameron-Smith

I think it's great!

I love the concept of a-word-a-day and this book supplements the daily e-mails because it lets me more easily go back to the words I need to access.

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"Anu Garg's many readers await their A Word A Day rations hungrily. Now at last here's a feast for them and other verbivores. Eat up!"
-Barbara Wallraff
Senior Editor at The Atlantic Monthly and author of Word Court

Praise for A Word a Day

"AWADies will be familiar with Anu Garg's refreshing approach to words: words are fun and they have fascinating histories. The people who use them have curious stories to tell too, and this collection incorporates some of the correspondence received by the editors at the AWAD site, from advice on how to outsmart your opponent in a duel (or even a truel) to a cluster of your favorite mondegreens."
-John Simpson, Chief Editor, Oxford English Dictionary

"A banquet of words! Feast and be nourished!"
-Richard Lederer, author of The Miracle of Language

Written by the founder of the wildly popular A Word A Day Web site (www.wordsmith.org), this collection of unusual, obscure, and exotic English words will delight writers, scholars, crossword puzzlers, and word buffs of every ilk. The words are grouped in intriguing categories that range from "Portmanteaux" to "Words That Make the Spell-Checker Ineffective." each entry includes a concise definition, etymology, and usage example-and many feature fascinating and hilarious commentaries by A Word A Day subscribers and the authors.

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