What in the word? : wordplay, word lore, and answers to the peskiest questions about language
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- ISBN: 0156031973 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780156031974 (pbk.)
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xvi, 286 p. ; 21 cm. - Edition: 1st ed.
- Publisher: Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., c2005.
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General Note: | A Harvest original. |
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-273) and index. |
Formatted Contents Note: | Once upon a word : word histories, mysteries, hoaxes, and hype : sorting the tall tales from the truth -- A slough of solecisms : wherein the author leads you safely out of a morass of mistakes and misperceptions into the clear, comforting light of correct English -- The grandiloquent gumshoe : words recovered, discovered, and devised -- The elegance of style : distinctions, clarifications, niceties, and other little things that make your language more polished and precise -- A civil tongue : wherein the author launders your pronunciation and presses you to speak with propriety and poise -- Born in the U.S.A. : some quintessentially American words and expressions, from okay to humongous, with some other American stuff thrown in just for fun -- The wonder of words : a fascinating farrago of word lore and wordplay that just didn't fit anywhere else. |
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Subject: | English language Etymology English language Usage English language Style Plays on words Americanisms |
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