English language + Etymology
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English language + Etymology
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English language + Etymology
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- That doesn't mean what you think it means, the 150 most commonly misused words and their tangled histories, Ross Petras and Kathryn Patras
- The story of English in 100 words, David Crystal
- Founding grammars, how early America's war over words shaped today's language, Rosemarie Ostler
- The secret life of words, how English became English, Henry Hitchings
- The weird world of words, a guided tour, by Mitchell Symons ; illustrated by Andrew Pinder
- Origins and meanings of popular phrases & names, including those which came into use during the Great War, by Basil Hargrave. --
- Canadian sayings 3, 1,000 folk sayings used by Canadians, collected and annotated by Bill Casselman
- The ring of words, Tolkien and the Oxford English dictionary, Peter Gilliver, Jeremy Marshall, Edmund Weiner
- Loaded words, Marjorie Garber
- How to read a word, Elizabeth Knowles
- The etymologicon, a circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English language, Mark Forsyth
- Jedburgh justice and Kentish fire, the origins of English in ten phases and expressions, Paul Anthony Jones
- Reading the OED, one man, one year, 21,730 pages, Ammon Shea
- Lost for words, the hidden history of the Oxford English dictionary, Lynda Mugglestone
- Red herrings and white elephants, the origins of the phrases we use everyday, Albert Jack ; with illustrations by Ama Page
- The whatchamacallit, those everyday objects you just can't name : (and things you think you know about but don't), Danny Danziger and Mark McCrum
- The etymologicon, a circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English language, Mark Forsyth
- The complete word hunter, John Taylor Gause. --
- Only in Canada, you say, a treasury of Canadian language, Katherine Barber
- Wordplay, arranged and deranged wit, Howard Richler
- 100 words to make you sound smart, from the editors of the American Heritage dictionaries
- The rude story of English, Tom Howell ; with illustrations by Gabe Foreman
- The story of English in 100 words, David Crystal
- Words to eat by, five foods and the culinary history of the English language, Ina Lipkowitz
- Origins of the specious, myths and misconceptions of the English language, Patricia T. O'Conner and Stewart Kellerman
- The language of food, a linguist reads the menu, Dan Jurafsky
- Semantic antics, how and why words change meaning, Sol Steinmetz
- Casselmania, more wacky Canadian words & sayings
- Word origins, -- and how we know them : etymology for everyone, Anatoly Liberman
- The disappearing dictionary, a treasury of lost English dialect words, David Crystal
- Lord Sandwich and the pants man, discover the people and places hidden in everyday words, Eamon Evans
- The professor and the madman, a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary, Simon Winchester
- Can I have a word with you?, Howard Richler
- Our magnificent bastard tongue, the untold history of English, John McWhorter
- Bagels, bumf, & buses, a day in the life of the English language, Simon Horobin
- Inventing English, a portable history of the language, Seth Lerer
- The rude story of English, Tom Howell ; Gabe Foreman, illustrator
- The dord, the diglot, and an avocado or two, the hidden lives and strange origins of words, Anu Garg
- All in a word, Vivian Cook
- Inventing English, a portable history of the language, Seth Lerer
- Canadian words & sayings, Bill Casselman
- Studies in words, by C.S. Lewis. --
- Carnal knowledge, a navel gazer's dictionary of anatomy, etymology, and trivia, Charles Hodgson
- The hidden history of coined words, Ralph Keyes
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