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Strike a light! Things are crook in Tallarook! Hugh Lunn has been collecting old words and phrases that are...ISBN-13: 9780733317590
ISBN: 0733317596
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English spelling seems innocuous enough, except for what a pain it is to learn. From the first English books (one of which was typeset by a Flemish man uncertain how many g's egg needs) to the Internet (where rubarb lost its h), it has always been difficu...ISBN-13: 9780061369254
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A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, this work focuses on its strange and wonderful grammar.......ISBN-13: 9781592403950
ISBN: 1592403956
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From the literary to the bizarre, this encyclopedia features the origins of more than 9,000 words and phrases, including......ISBN-13: 9780816069675
ISBN: 0816069670
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ISBN-13: 9780195429848
ISBN: 0195429842
ISBN: 0195429842
Alphabet Juice Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combthe Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Co
By: Roy, Jr. Blount
Format: Hardcover
By: Roy, Jr. Blount
Format: Hardcover
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ISBN-13: 9780374103699
ISBN: 0374103690
ISBN: 0374103690
Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips
By: Roy, Jr. Blount
Format: CD
By: Roy, Jr. Blount
Format: CD
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ISBN-13: 9781427204936
ISBN: 1427204934
ISBN: 1427204934
Sticklers, Sideburns and Bikinis : The Military Origins of Everyday Words and Phrases
By: Graeme Donald
Format: Hardcover
By: Graeme Donald
Format: Hardcover
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ISBN-13: 9781846033001
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ISBN-13: 9780007275229
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The Secret Life of Words Secret Life of Words: How English Became English How English Became English
By: Henry Hitchings
Format: Hardcover
By: Henry Hitchings
Format: Hardcover
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ISBN-13: 9780374254100
ISBN: 0374254109
ISBN: 0374254109
The Facts on File Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins, Fourth Edition
By: Robert Hendrickson, Robert Hendrickson
Format: Hardcover
By: Robert Hendrickson, Robert Hendrickson
Format: Hardcover
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ISBN-13: 9780816069668
ISBN: 0816069662
ISBN: 0816069662
The Book of Words : An Entertaining Look at Words and How We Have Come to Use Them
By: Tim Glynne-Jones
Format: Hardcover
By: Tim Glynne-Jones
Format: Hardcover
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ISBN-13: 9780785824480
ISBN: 0785824480
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ISBN-13: 9781599213071
ISBN: 1599213079
ISBN: 1599213079
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ISBN-13: 9781402211355
ISBN: 140221135X
ISBN: 140221135X
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ISBN-13: 9781402212703
ISBN: 1402212704
ISBN: 1402212704
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ISBN-13: 9780521057639
ISBN: 0521057639
ISBN: 0521057639
Global WORDing : The Fascinating Story of the Evolution of English
By: Charles Hodgson
Read by: Charles Hodgson
Format: CD
By: Charles Hodgson
Read by: Charles Hodgson
Format: CD
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ISBN-13: 9781427203304
ISBN: 142720330X
ISBN: 142720330X
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A fun, new approach to examining etymology!Many common English words started out with an entirely different meaning......
ISBN-13: 9780375426124
ISBN: 0375426124
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ISBN-13: 9781933633312
ISBN: 193363331X
ISBN: 193363331X
