Author: Michael PowellFormat: HardbackNumber of Pages: 96The English language is full of beauty and surprises. If you're a lover of the weird and wonderful, from fascinating etymology to the ten most overused and useless English phrases, this book isn't av
Author: Michael Powell
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 96
The English language is full of beauty and surprises. If you’re a lover of the weird and wonderful, from fascinating etymology to the ten most overused and useless English phrases, this book isn’t averse to a peppering of persiflage! Did you know: – pilots and air traffic controllers at major air international airports have to speak English – the hashtag symbol is an “octothorpe” – “bumfiddle” means to spoil a piece of paper or document – the word “noon” originally meant 3pm; the literal meaning of “bamboozle” is to make a baboon out of someone. This book contains a boatload of things you didn’t know about the English language and it’s a guaranteed prolix-free zone.
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