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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Word Museum: The Most Remarkable English Words Ever Forgotten (2000)di Jeffrey Kacirk
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Entertaining. ( ) Jeoparty-trot. I finally have the name for the half-run my poor legs undertake when I'm dreaming. For that knowledge alone, I truly enjoyed this book. It's full of English words that seemed to have been prevalent in various British villages since medieval times, until the rapid progress of 20th century Americanisms wiped out such eccentric language. Ramfeezled...'I am absolutely ramfeezled at work. They're giving me too many accounts to handle.' Knevel...'His knevel is so manly. I wonder if he brushes and waxes it each day?' Wrine...'She must be using Botox. That wrine is suddenly gone.' I had great fun with all of the words, though a great lot of them seem to have originated in Gloucester. And that's my summation of Gloucester. Book Season = Year Round (dazzle the professor in your life) nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
As the largest and most dynamic collection of words ever assembled, the English language continues to expand. But as hundreds of new words are added annually, older ones are sacrificed. The WORD MUSEUM is a collection of fascinating archaic words and phrases, providing an enticing glimpse nto the past. With its beguiling period illustrations, THE WORD MUSEUM ranges from engaging titbits of everyday life to the extraordinary. This fascinating new book differs from a dictionary in that most of its entries are unfamiliar, and even the familiar looking ones are rich with unexpected twists. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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