The sequel to How to Sound Clever, How to Sound Really Clever explains how to master 600 more words that you pretend to know but you really don't. Witty and entertaining, this book elucidates the meaning of tricky words such as 'adumbrate' or 'arabesque'.
Hubert van den Bergh has worked in the City for the past decade. A language enthusiast, he read French and Linguistics at Oxford University. He is the author of How to Sound Clever (A&C Black, 2010) and regularly contributes to The Telegraph.
A very handy resource when you need to make those fine distinctions
between the ego and the superego, or if you can’t tell your
exogenous from your endogenous or want to know what makes for a
diegetic soundtrack in a film. How to Sound Really Clever is a
teasing mixture of the half-familiar and the intriguingly obscure,
and it’s all done with a light touch.
*Author*
This witty book is an alphabetical list of less usual words and
expressions which might impress others. Some are recondite, some
are more familiar, with clear definitions and guidance on usage. I
loved it.
*Dr Bernard Lamb, President of the Queen's English Society.*
Praise for How To Sound Clever: ‘This admirable book is a wholly
welcome antidote to the semi-demi-literacy of the 21st century. Go
out and buy it!'
*Author of the Inspector Morse novels*
How to Sound Clever is a jaunty romp through the groves of
vocabulary, conducted with plenty of irony and wit, as the title
would suggest. The 600 words are chosen with real judgement: these
are not recherché heirlooms, dragged out of disuse for their
curiosity value, but words on the fringes of the mainstream,
lucidly explained. A profoundly agreeable book, full of charm.
*English Teacher, St Paul's School, London*
Entertaining, well-researched and informative, this is the sort of
book into which one is irresistibly drawn to dip. It provides many
a surprise and gives rise to many a smile.
*Former Head of Modern Languages, Eton College*
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