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Pages: 334
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Written in a funny, charming, and conversational style, Word Origins is the first book to offer a thorough investigation of the history and the science of etymo
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A guide to the science and process of etymology for the layperson explains how the origins and history of hundreds of words are determined, discussing such topi
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Telling the origins of hundreds of words, this funny, charming, and conversational book takes the reader by the hand and explains the many ways that English wor
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Do you cringe when a talking head pronounces “niche” as NITCH? Do you get bent out of shape when your teenager begins a sentence with “and”? Do you thin
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