Word Nerd: More Than 17,000 Fascinating Facts about Words

by Barbara Ann Kipfer

Book Overview

Are You a Word Nerd? Did you know ... --Only a human (not an animal or thing) is "able" to do something --The five on dice is called cinque --"K" for strike-out in baseball comes from the last letter... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1402208510
• ISBN13: 9781402208515
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Sourcebooks
• Length: 570 Pages
• Weight: 1.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.0"