What are words? They're the beginning of our stories and portals to treasured memories. What was your gran's favourite word for a time-waster? How did your dad answer the question 'What's the time?'? And just how many responses are there to the daily query 'What's for dinner?' Even better, how do these words change as they travel across our regions?
 
This almanac is a joyful journey through a year of weird words and fantastic phrases from one of the nation's favourite wordsmiths.