01375nam a2200361Ia 4500 20260803094050.0 251212s2007 xx 000 0 und d Much ado about english : up and down the bizarre byways of a fascinating language / Richard Watson Todd. Todd, Richard Watson London : Nicholas Brealey Pub., 2007. viii, 148 p.: 22 cm. Includes index 978-1-85788-372-5 Lexicology English language Humor English language Etymology English language Usage English language History 422 T56m 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 HED2941 English CollLib 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. 0 Text Unmediated Volume lcc BK rizal 2015-04-07 23:18:20 rizal 2015-04-07 23:18:20 3708 3693 3693 0 0 ddc 0 0 HED HED HED 2025-12-21 422 T56m HED2941 2026-06-02 00:00:00 2025-12-21 BK