Willard R. Espy (1910–1999)
Autor von The Game of Words
Über den Autor
The late Willard Espy wrote more than fifteen books on language & other subjects. His works include "An Almanac of Words at Play", "The Garden of Eloquence", & "Have a Word on Me". (Bowker Author Biography)
Bildnachweis: Louise and Willard Espy, 1981
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Say it my way : how to avoid certain pitfalls of spoken English together with a decidedly informal history of how our… (1980) 43 Exemplare
Words at Play: Palindromes, Riddles, Malapropisms, and Other Wonderful Word Games (1972) 40 Exemplare
Reviews, Interviews, Etc. 1 Exemplar
VIVA FACTS ON FILE DICTIONARY OF WRITER'S LIBRARY: WORDS TO RHYME WITH: FOR POETS AND SONGWRITERS - UPDATED ED (2005) 1 Exemplar
Though Improper, though uncommon noun 1 Exemplar
Wars of the Words 1 Exemplar
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Wissenswertes
- Geburtstag
- 1910-12-11
- Todestag
- 1999-02-20
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- United States of America
- Geburtsort
- Oysterville, Washington, USA
- Beziehungen
- Espy, Freddy Medora (daughter)
Plimpton, George (son in law) - Organisationen
- http://espyfoundation.org/
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O Thou Improper, Thou Uncommon Noun: An Etymology… von Willard R. Espy
3/14/22
Born old? Try this! If you like "Wordy Gurdy" you'll love "Words at Play"!
A happy story: I started The Lightning Thief, a children's book,and then received this book. The first chapter of O Thou deals with words taken from Greek gods, and each entry in the chapter tells a little about each god and why he was important. The Lightning Thief is the story of a boy who is half-god and he is being sought by many other Greek mythological creatures. O Thou gave me enough info about each god and mythological creature mentioned in The Lightning Thief to help me anticipate events in the story. Very nice.… (mehr)
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