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Lost for Words : Australia's Lost Language in Words and Stories
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Strike a light! Things are crook in Tallarook! Hugh Lunn has been collecting old words and phrases that are...
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Why is Q Always Followed by U? Word-perfect answers to the most-asked questions about language
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Codswallop, Crumpet and Caper: Words and Where They Came from
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Anonyponymous: The Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English
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Discovering Words
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Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?: The Place Names That History Left Behind
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Do you still find yourself referring to Zaire or Czechoslovakia, or wondering whether it should be Moldavia or Moldova,......
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Hot for Words: Answers to All Your Burning Questions about Words and Their Meanings
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The Oxford Guide to Etymology
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The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English
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Hispano-Romance Dictionary of Names
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Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips
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The Pronunciation of Standard English in America
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Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North American Languages
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Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit: Untranslatable Insults, Put-Downs, and Curses from Around the World
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The Reverend Guppy's Aquarium
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Scottish Place-names
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English Words: History and Structure
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Nike, Nurses and Neon: The Ancient Greek and Latin Words We Use Every Day
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Did you know that porpoise means "pig fish" and that hippopotamus translates as "river horse?" Or that the name George......
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