up and down the bizarre byways of a fascinating language Todd, Richard Watson creator text xx London Nicholas Brealey Pub. 2007 monographic und

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viii, 148 p.: 22 cm. 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. Richard Watson Todd. Includes index English Lexicology English language Humor English language Etymology English language Usage English language History 422 T56m 978-1-85788-372-5 251212 20260803094050.0