Max Cryer: Curious Kiwi Words

By MARGIE THOMSON

New Zealanders have long demonstrated a passion for understanding the many quirks of the English language in general, and of our own idiom in particular.

Cryer is right on the ball, as always, with this companion volume to Curious Questions, the book spawned directly from his popular slot on National Radio's Saturday morning programme. This new book is as easy to dip into and quote as the first.

Cryer is every-person's linguist, appealing to scholars and basic users of the language alike. So don't muck around. Pour yourself a cuppa and get into this corker little book. No worries.

HarperCollins

$24.95