Words Fail Me: A Journey Through Australia's Lost Language - Softcover
- PublisherHarper Collins
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0733322514
- ISBN 13 9780733322518
- BindingPaperback
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Words Fail Me: A Journey Through Australia's Lost Language
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ABC Books/HarperCollins, Sydney
(2010)
ISBN 10: 0733322514
ISBN 13: 9780733322518
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Book Description paperback. Condition: Good. Paperback. Superficial marks and light creases on covers. Front lower edge and corner are slightly bumped. Page block foot is slightly marked. Contents are sound, clean, clear. BW. Used. Seller Inventory # 276302
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Words Fail Me: A Journey Through Australia's Lost Language
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ISBN 10: 0733322514
ISBN 13: 9780733322518
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Fine. First Edition. 403 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout. Sequel To Lost For Words. Seller Inventory # 208853
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Worlds Fail Me: A Journey Through Australia's Lost Language
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HarperCollins Publishers, Pymble, Sydney
(2010)
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Book Description Paper Back. Condition: Very Good. The front cover is creased. 403 pages. Books listed here are not stored at the shop. Please contact us if you want to pick up a book from Newtown. Size: Size E: 8"-9" Tall (204-227mm). Seller Inventory # 143523
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Book Description Paperback. 1110. This long anticipated follow-up to the hugely successful and popular LOST FOR WORDS revisits the rich, inventive and rogueish language Australians used to speak, before globalism stole it away. Hundreds of readers have responded to author Hugh Lunn s request and donated a torrent of forgotten words and sayings that he overlooked in his first book. 'So many arrived it was like trying to take a sip out of a fire hose,' Hugh said. 'And these words were so obvious, that if they were a snake, they would have bitten me by now.' WORDS FAIL ME intertwines the sayings and phrases of yesteryear with true stories and anecdotes and recaptures what Australian used to be like back when. Hugh also casts a satirical eye on modern language madnesses: the road signs, the asterisks, the gobbledegook andcorporate speak that have replaced our euphonious direct language. As they would say today: 'He is having issues!' Lovingly collected, WORDS FAIL ME takes delight in the way we once were; a people with their own unique lingo - clear, exaggerated and joyful. 2010, First edition, first printing. A near fine copy only marked by light creasing of the wraps. Seller Inventory # 14651954
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