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Lost for Words : Australia's Lost Language in Words and Stories By: Hugh Lunn Format: Paperback |
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Description:Strike a light! Things are crook in Tallarook! Hugh Lunn has been collecting old words and phrases that are...ISBN: 9780733317590 |
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Why is Q Always Followed by U? Word-perfect answers to the most-asked questions about language By: Quinion Michael Format: Hardcover |
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Description:Long-time word-detective and bestselling author of Port Out and Starboard Home, Michael Quinion ...ISBN: 9781846141843 |
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Codswallop, Crumpet and Caper: Words and Where They Came from By: Edward Allhusen Format: Hardcover |
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ISBN: 9781873590805
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Anonyponymous: The Forgotten People Behind Everyday Words By: John Marciano Illustrator: John Marciano Format: Hardcover |
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ISBN: 9781596916531
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English By: John McWhorter Format: Paperback |
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ISBN: 9781592404940
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Discovering Words By: Julian Walker Format: Paperback |
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Description:For 1500 years English has built new words or taken them from other languages and changed their form and often their......ISBN: 9780747807490 |
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Whatever Happened to Tanganyika?: The Place Names That History Left Behind By: Harry Campbell Foreword by: Alexander McCall Smith Format: Paperback |
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Description:Do you still find yourself referring to Zaire or Czechoslovakia, or wondering whether it should be Moldavia or Moldova,......ISBN: 9781906032418 |
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Hot for Words: Answers to All Your Burning Questions about Words and Their Meanings By: Marina Orlova Format: Paperback |
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ISBN: 9780061776311
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The Oxford Guide to Etymology By: Philip Durkin Format: Hardcover |
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Description:The best introduction to word history ever published combines scholarship with readability. OED's chief etymologist......ISBN: 9780199236510 |
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The Secret Life of Words: How English Became English By: Henry Hitchings Format: Paperback |
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ISBN: 9780312428563
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Hispano-Romance Dictionary of Names By: Lidia Becker Format: Hardcover |
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ISBN: 9783484555235
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Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips By: Roy, Jr. Blount Format: Paperback |
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ISBN: 9780374532048
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Write It Right By: Ambrose Bierce Format: Paperback |
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ISBN: 9780217339650
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The Pronunciation of Standard English in America By: George Philip Krapp Format: Paperback |
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ISBN: 9780217633802
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Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops: The Influence of Dutch on the North American Languages By: Nicoline Van Der Sijs Format: Paperback |
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Description:FromSanta Claus(after the Dutch folklore saintSinterklaas) and hissleigh(the pronunciation of the Dutchsleeis almost......ISBN: 9789089641243 |
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Uglier Than a Monkey's Armpit: Untranslatable Insults, Put-Downs, and Curses from Around the World By: Stephen Dodson, Robert Vanderplank Format: Paperback |
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ISBN: 9780399535062
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The Reverend Guppy's Aquarium By: Philip Dodd Format: Paperback |
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Description:How did the Texas cattle rancher Samuel A. Maverick end up contributing his name to the language? What is the connection......ISBN: 9780099505723 |
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Scottish Place-names By: David Dorward Format: Paperback |
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Description:David Dorwards book on Scottish place-names is a fascinating volume that offers insight and intrigue into the myriad of......ISBN: 9781841588230 |
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English Words: History and Structure By: Donka Minkova, Robert Stockwell Format: Paperback |
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Description:1. Lexical heritage; 2. The background of English; 3. The early modern English cultural scene; 4. Smaller than words:......ISBN: 9780521709170 |
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Nike, Nurses and Neon: The Ancient Greek and Latin Words We Use Every Day By: Nigel P. Brown Format: Hardcover |
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Description:Did you know that porpoise means "pig fish" and that hippopotamus translates as "river horse?" Or that the name George......ISBN: 9781844546503 |
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