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An edition of Watching My Language: adventures in the word trade (1997)

Watching my language

adventures in the word trade

1st ed.

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Before you scratch that seven-year-itch, you might want to know where it came from. And before someone blurts, "You just don't get it," perhaps you should consult the Pulitzer Prize-winning language columnist on the origins of that snappy feminist motto.

In Watching My Language, William Safire investigates these questions and many others, including: What language was Bill Clinton speaking when he fumed, "I want to put a fist halfway down their throats with this ... I want their teeth on the sidewalk"? Why is Ukraine no longer the Ukraine? Should there be an insurrection against this usage? Did baseball manager Leo Durocher really say, "Nice guys finish last"? Who deserves credit for coining the expressions policy wonk, digerati, and Not!?

William Safire, a man hip enough to explore the meaning of hip-hop, answers these questions and many more in this witty and enlightening collection.

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Random House
Language
English
Pages
317

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English language, Usage, Style, New York Times reviewed, English language, usage, English language, style
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Cover of: Watching My Language
Watching My Language
August 1997, Random House Trade
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1997, Random House
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Includes index.

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Dewey Decimal Class
428
Library of Congress
PE1421 .S2337 1997, PE1421 .S2337 1996

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xiv, 317 p. :
Number of pages
317

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ISBN 10
0679423877
LCCN
95003800
OCLC/WorldCat
31969305
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1013059
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1370517

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