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# A Wonderland of Words: Around the Word in 101 Essays

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A Wonderland of Words: Around the Word in 101 Essays : Shashi Tharoor: desertcart.in: Books

Review: Good Book - Shashi Tharoor has done it again, this time educating us on the language he is often a meme on. The wonderful world of English, our ideas of right and wrong and the adverse effects of a colonial past all blend into one very entertaining, hilarious and thought provoking narrative that helps you delve deeper into the language
Review: Brilliant Read. - 'Farrago'. When we read or hear this word who comes to our minds.? Yes. Shashi Tharoor, the handsome and colourful MP from Thiruvananthapuram. He is the author of this enchanting book. The book traces origins and etymology of words commonly or not so commonly used in English language. It is written with lots of humour and provides interesting trivias about people and places without which the book would have made for dry reading. The book is spread across 101 small and crisply written chapters with exotic names. For example there is a chapter titled Pleonasms or Dysphemism which denotes certain way of usage of words. There is a chapter Indianism. Highly interesting.I wished this particular chapter was longer.Most of it we know but what I didn't know was it has a name. English as we know now is about 600 years old and about 2/3 rd of its words have origins in a foreign language mostly French. Many commonly used words which I assumed was English is actually French. Trivia: There is a novel of fifty thousand words without containing the letter 'e'. There is a chapter on banned words in Stanford University. Looks like wokeism played its part here. I was surprised to read Scuba as in scuba diving and Radar are actually acronyms. And there are many such nuggets of interesting information In the book. The author being a congress politician has taken digs at BJP and Modi at several places. I thought it had no place in a wonderful book like this. If you love English language, it's nuances and subtleties you will love this book. 5/5.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #1,932 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #7 in Linguistics (Books) |
| Country of Origin  | India |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (388) |
| Dimensions  | 21.6 x 14 x 2.5 cm |
| Generic Name  | Book |
| Hardcover  | 470 pages |
| ISBN-10  | 8119635531 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-8119635535 |
| Importer  | Aleph Book Company |
| Item Weight  | 590 g |
| Language  | English |
| Net Quantity  | 1 Piece |
| Packer  | Aleph Book Company |
| Publisher  | Aleph Book Company (30 August 2024); Aleph Book Company |
| Reading age  | 18 years and up |

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good Book
*by S***A on 20 December 2025*

Shashi Tharoor has done it again, this time educating us on the language he is often a meme on. The wonderful world of English, our ideas of right and wrong and the adverse effects of a colonial past all blend into one very entertaining, hilarious and thought provoking narrative that helps you delve deeper into the language

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brilliant Read.
*by S***I on 25 February 2025*

'Farrago'. When we read or hear this word who comes to our minds.? Yes. Shashi Tharoor, the handsome and colourful MP from Thiruvananthapuram. He is the author of this enchanting book. The book traces origins and etymology of words commonly or not so commonly used in English language. It is written with lots of humour and provides interesting trivias about people and places without which the book would have made for dry reading. The book is spread across 101 small and crisply written chapters with exotic names. For example there is a chapter titled Pleonasms or Dysphemism which denotes certain way of usage of words. There is a chapter Indianism. Highly interesting.I wished this particular chapter was longer.Most of it we know but what I didn't know was it has a name. English as we know now is about 600 years old and about 2/3 rd of its words have origins in a foreign language mostly French. Many commonly used words which I assumed was English is actually French. Trivia: There is a novel of fifty thousand words without containing the letter 'e'. There is a chapter on banned words in Stanford University. Looks like wokeism played its part here. I was surprised to read Scuba as in scuba diving and Radar are actually acronyms. And there are many such nuggets of interesting information In the book. The author being a congress politician has taken digs at BJP and Modi at several places. I thought it had no place in a wonderful book like this. If you love English language, it's nuances and subtleties you will love this book. 5/5.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good read !
*by M***H on 15 July 2025*

I bought this book to gift someone, ended up reading while traveling. Unable to read in entirety but whatever read was really wonderful 😊, interesting info on punctuation, use of words and the way it's understood by different countries are well pen down.

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