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Words Fail Me

By (author) Teresa Monachino
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd, London, United Kingdom
Published: 22nd May 2006
Dimensions: w 106mm h 193mm d 18mm
Weight: 250g
ISBN-10: 071484635X
ISBN-13: 9780714846354
Barcode No: 9780714846354
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Synopsis
In this quirky new title designer and typographer Teresa Monachino rounds up and breaks down a variety of unruly words: words lacking in integrity, misleading words that do not mean what they say, words that mean more than they say, words with inconsistent pronunciation or spellings that are just plain cruel! Using striking and witty graphic design the author demands answers to such troublesome questions as, why is abbreviation such a long word, does monosyllabic really need five syllables and why is lisp so hard to say if you have one?

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"A book that gently subverts and questions the art of expression... Filled with gentle humour and genuinely interesting anachronisms of the English language, all set in Monachino's immaculate typography."-Design Week