title: What Made The Crocodile Cry?: 101 Questions about the English Language
author:  Susie Dent 
description: <br>"[A] fun book ... from the folks who continue to print the remarkable Oxford English Dictionary--about English eccentricities that we've turned into everyday language."--<em>Philadelphia Inquirer</em> <br>
zlib_text: About the Author
  
  Susie Dent is the resident word expert in Dictionary Corner on C4’s
  _Countdown_ and _8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown_ , has been on every
  programme about words: _15 x 15, Word of Mouth, More or Less;_ and is a
  regular panellist on R4’s _Wordaholics_. Susie also writes a weekly column for
  the _Radio Times_ , reviews for _The Spectator_ and has over 86,000 followers
  on Twitter. This is the book she has always wanted to write.
  
   _Also by Susie Dent_
  
  Dent’s Modern Tribes
  
  Susie Dent’s Weird Words
  
  How to Talk Like a Local
  
  What Made the Crocodile Cry?
  
  WORD PERFECT
  
    
  
   _Etymological Entertainment for Every Day of the Year_
  
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  Susie Dent
  
    
    
  
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  [www.johnmurraypress.co.uk](http://www.johnmurraypress.co.uk)
  
  First published in Great Britain in 2020 by John Murray (Publishers)
  
  An Hachette UK company
  
  Copyright © Susie Dent 2020
  
  The right of Susie Dent to be identified as the Author of the Work has been
  asserted