Todd, Richard Watson <br/><br/>
Much ado about english :   up and down the bizarre byways of a fascinating language / 
Richard Watson Todd. 
 - London :  Nicholas Brealey Pub.,  2007. 
 - viii, 148 p.:  22 cm. 
<br/><br/> Includes index 
<br/><br/> Whether your interest is neologisms or pleonasms, sobriquets or oxymorons, tongue-twisters or palindromes, this book strolls through the vast landscape of the English language and wanders down its most illogical, peculiar and idiosyncratic byways. It ranges from where words have come from to why spelling and pronunciation don`t match up. 
<br/><br/><br/>English 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>978-1-85788-372-5 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Lexicology<br/>English language--Humor<br/>English language--Etymology<br/>English language--Usage<br/>English language--History
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>422 T56m