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Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends
Word Myths Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends
Author: David Wilton
Do you believe that Ring Around the Rosie refers to the Black Death? Or that Eskimos have 50 (or 500) words for "snow"? Or that "Posh" is an acronym for "Port Out, Starboard Home"? If so, you badly need this book. In Word Myths, David Wilton debunks some of the most spectacularly wrong word histories in common usage, giving us the real stories b...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195375572
ISBN-10: 0195375572
Publication Date: 11/6/2008
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
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