An edition of What in the word? (2005)

What in the word?

wordplay, word lore, and answers to the peskiest questions about language

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An edition of What in the word? (2005)

What in the word?

wordplay, word lore, and answers to the peskiest questions about language

1st ed.

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  • 1 Want to read

Presents a humorous look at the English language, including information on word and phrase origins, slang, style, usage, punctuation, and pronunciation.

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Harcourt, Inc.
Language
English
Pages
286

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Subjects

Americanisms, Style, English language, Etymology, Usage, Plays on words, English language, glossaries, vocabularies, etc., Play on words
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Cover of: What in the word?
What in the word?: wordplay, word lore, and answers to the peskiest questions about language
2005, Harcourt, Inc.
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Table of Contents

Once upon a word : word histories, mysteries, hoaxes, and hype : sorting the tall tales from the truth
A slough of solecisms : wherein the author leads you safely out of a morass of mistakes and misperceptions into the clear, comforting light of correct English
The grandiloquent gumshoe : words recovered, discovered, and devised
The elegance of style : distinctions, clarifications, niceties, and other little things that make your language more polished and precise
A civil tongue : wherein the author launders your pronunciation and presses you to speak with propriety and poise
Born in the U.S.A. : some quintessentially American words and expressions, from okay to humongous, with some other American stuff thrown in just for fun
The wonder of words : a fascinating farrago of word lore and wordplay that just didn't fit anywhere else.

Edition Notes

A Harvest original.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-273) and index.

Published in
Orlando, Fla

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
422
Library of Congress
PE1574 .E57 2005, PE1574.E57 2005

The Physical Object

Pagination
xvi, 286 p. ;
Number of pages
286

Edition Identifiers

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OL17967081M
Internet Archive
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ISBN 10
0156031973
LCCN
2005008899
OCLC/WorldCat
58788975
Library Thing
443196
Goodreads
276173

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Work ID
OL1988047W

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