John Simpson: The Word Detective [2016] gebunden
14,52 €
He challenges both the idea that dictionaries are definitive, and the notion that language is falling apart. He splices his stories with entertaining and erudite diversions into the history and origin of words such as 'kangaroo', 'hot-dog', 'pommie', 'bicycle', not ignoring those swearwords often classed as 'Anglo-Saxon' !
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