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The secret life of words : how English became English / Henry Hitchings.
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TextPublication details: New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008.Edition: 1st American edDescription: 440 p. ; 24 cmISBN: - 9780374254100 (alk. paper)
- 0374254109 (alk. paper)
- 9780719564543 (hbk.)
- 0719564549 (hbk.)
- 422
- PE 1580 H675s 2008
Contents:
Ensemble -- Invade -- Saffron -- Volume -- Bravado -- Genius -- Powwow -- Bonsai -- Onslaught -- Connoisseur -- Teapot -- Blizzard -- Ethos -- Voodoo -- Angst -- Shabash.
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| PE 1574 L695w 2005 Word origins : -- and how we know them : etymology for everyone / | PE 1576 G745v 2001 The vocabulary of world english / | PE 1580 F982w 1998 Word origins and their romantic stories / | PE 1580 H675s 2008 The secret life of words : how English became English / | PE 1580 H675s 2009 The secret life of words : how English became English / | PE1580 M286s 2008 The secret life of the English language : buttering parsnips and twocking chavs / | PE 1580 S557d 1945 Dictionary of word origins, |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-404) and indexes.
Ensemble -- Invade -- Saffron -- Volume -- Bravado -- Genius -- Powwow -- Bonsai -- Onslaught -- Connoisseur -- Teapot -- Blizzard -- Ethos -- Voodoo -- Angst -- Shabash.
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