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Book Description
An encyclopedia of linguistic biographies: the witty, illustrated stories of the
Earl of Sandwich, Charles Boycott, and other historical figures ...
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- English Books
- Others 160 Pages
- ISBN-10: 1596916532
- ISBN-13: 9781596916531
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA
- Pub date: Oct 27, 2009
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This was a fun little book, all about the origin of words based on peoples' names. There was very little here that I was already familiar with, and some of the stories were quite interesting. What I found was that the words I was most familiar with were by far the most interesting. Other words, o ... (continue)
This was a fun little book, all about the origin of words based on peoples' names. There was very little here that I was already familiar with, and some of the stories were quite interesting. What I found was that the words I was most familiar with were by far the most interesting. Other words, ones I was simply not familiar with, were less so. Overall though, I learned a bit of history, perhaps increased my vocabulary just a bit, and had some fun along the way.
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