The author of An Almanac of Words at Play presents a collection of puns, tongue-twisters, and spoonerisms that are accompanied by humorous black-and-white line illustrations.
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Willard Richardson Espy (11 December 1910–20 February 1999) was a U.S. editor, philologist, writer, and poet. He is particularly remembered for his anthology of light verse and wordplay, An Almanac of Words at Play, and its two sequels. His writing and poetry regularly appeared in Punch, Reader's Digest, and Word Ways.
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Very positive review which laments the book's unavailability,
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I am terribly sorry that this marvelous book is out-of-print! Willard Espy has collected a fabulously fun collection of anagrams, tongue twisters, vocabulary stretchers and verbal brain busters in this splendid volume. I have been trying to replace my copy of this book ever since mine was "borrowed" by an acquaintance and never returned! Word to the publisher: REPRINT! I'd rate this one six stars!
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The best of the best of word games,
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An incredible compendium of every form of word play known to man and womankind. I love this book and wish it was still in print. Right now I have to check it out from the library.
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ANY fair-minded person must concede that words are not tools of communication in the way that, say, frowns and kisses are. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Brer Fox, United States, Brer Rabbit, Dorothy Parker, Heywood Broun, Lewis Carroll, Middle English, Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcott, Basic English, Father William, John Ridds, Milt Grocery, Pig Latin, William Cole, Ambrose Bierce, Catchpoll's Cockscomb, Miss Mitford, Neighbour's Nutmegs, Uncle Remus, Algonquin Wits, James Thurber, Old English, Robert Louis Stevenson New!
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ANY fair-minded person must concede that words are not tools of communication in the way that, say, frowns and kisses are. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Brer Fox, United States, Brer Rabbit, Dorothy Parker, Heywood Broun, Lewis Carroll, Middle English, Robert Benchley, Alexander Woollcott, Basic English, Father William, John Ridds, Milt Grocery, Pig Latin, William Cole, Ambrose Bierce, Catchpoll's Cockscomb, Miss Mitford, Neighbour's Nutmegs, Uncle Remus, Algonquin Wits, James Thurber, Old English, Robert Louis Stevenson New!
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- The American Language by H.L. Mencken on 4 pages
- Father William by Lewis Carroll on page 66, and page 67
- The Algonquin Wits by Robert E. Drennan on page 257, and page 258
- Here and Now Story Book by L. S. Mitchell in Front Matter
- James Joyce (Feminist Readings) by Bonnie Kime Scott on page 146
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- Dictionary of Language Games, Puzzles, and Amusements by Harry Edwin Eiss on 58 pages
- The Oxford Guide to Word Games by Tony Augarde on page 243, Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Creative Writing for People Who Can't Not Write by Kathryn Lindskoog on page 127, page 136, and Back Matter
- The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson on page 229, and Back Matter
- The Everything Crossword and Puzzle Book by Harold Cordry in Back Matter
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