Espy, Willard R

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An Almanac of words at play

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1999
A collection of 366 examples of wordplay from William R. Espy's two wordplay almanacs, including palindromes, puns, poems, riddles, puzzles, satires, acrostics, and anagrams.

O thou improper, thou uncommon noun

a bobtailed, generally chronological listing of proper names that have become improper and uncommonly common, together with a smattering of proper names commonly used ... and certain other diversions
1978

Say it my way

how to avoid certain pitfalls of spoken English, together with a decidedly informal history of how our language rose (or fell)
1981

An Almanac of words at play

The game of words

the remarkable exuberance of the English language
2003
Over 200 different games and puzzles to entertain those who realize that words are far too important to be taken too seriously.

A children's almanac of words at play

1982
An assortment of writings, including limericks, riddles, puns puzzles, tongue twisters, poetry, malapropisms, palindromes, Tom Swifties, and Spoonerisms, for each day of the year.

An almanac of words at play

1977
A compilation of word games and humorous verses. Includes answers in the back.

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