[PDF.25kc] Port Out Starboard Home: And Other Language Myths

Port Out Starboard Home: And Other Language Myths

[PDF.sy65] Port Out Starboard Home: And Other Language Myths

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 | #3666943 in Books |  2005-11-01 |  2005-11-01 | Format: International Edition | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.80 x.83 x5.08l,.49 | Binding: Mass Market Paperback | 320 pages

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||11 of 12 people found the following review helpful.| You'll enjoy this book|By P. Higgins|Chances are you've received via e-mail one of the many lists of the etymological origins of words and phrases. As you have probably learned from more respected sources than your e-mail buddy, most of these putative origins, although interesting and clever, are nevertheless false. One of the most vibrant and entertaining of the respected| |Michael Quinion's World Wide Words is the web authority on English etymology (word origins) and usage-come here for definitive information on some of the most interesting, amusing and downright weird words and phrases in the English language. Cambridge Diction

Can it really be true that 'golf' stands for 'Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden'? Or that 'rule of thumb' comes from an archaic legal principle that a man may chastise his wife, but only with a rod no thicker than his thumb? These and hundreds of other stories are commonly told and retold whenever people meet. They grow up in part because expressions are often genuinely mysterious. Why, for example, are satisfying meals 'square' rather than any other shape? And how did an...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Port Out Starboard Home: And Other Language Myths   |  Michael Quinion. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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