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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
ISBN: 006136925X
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ISBN-13: 9780979966620
ISBN: 0979966620
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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
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ISBN-13: 9780374103699
ISBN: 0374103690
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ISBN-13: 9781427204936
ISBN: 1427204934
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ISBN-13: 9781846033001
ISBN: 1846033004
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ISBN-13: 9780007275229
ISBN: 0007275226
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ISBN-13: 9780374254100
ISBN: 0374254109
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ISBN: 0816069662
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ISBN-13: 9780785824480
ISBN: 0785824480
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ISBN-13: 9781599213071
ISBN: 1599213079
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ISBN-13: 9781402211355
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ISBN-13: 9781402212703
ISBN: 1402212704
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ISBN-13: 9780521057639
ISBN: 0521057639
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ISBN-13: 9781427203304
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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
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