The Story of English in 100 Words by David Crystal
The Story of English in 100 Words

David Crystal

The Story of English in 100 Words

David Crystal

283 pages 2011

10 editions

nonfiction history informative medium-paced
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Featuring Latinate and Celtic words, weasel words and nonce-words, ancient words ('loaf') to cutting edge ('twittersphere') and spanning the indispensable words that shape our tongue ('and', 'what') to the more fanciful ('fopdoodle'), Crystal take...

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