The secret life of the English language : buttering parsnips, twocking chavs
Manser, Martin H.2008
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A guided tour of the English language, exploring the origins of words, their changing meaning, lexical peculiarities, word games and lost words, presented in lists, small passages of narrative text, amusing quotations and nuggets of amazing facts.
Main title:
The secret life of the English language : buttering parsnips, twocking chavs / Martin H. Manser ; associate editor, David Pickering.
Imprint:
London : Phoenix, 2008.
Collation:
271 p. : ill. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: as Buttering parsnips, twocking chavs. London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2007.Includes index.
ISBN:
9780753824177 (pbk)
Dewey class:
422
Language:
English
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BRN:
1603690
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