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279 pages • paperback • first pub 2011 • 18 editions
ISBN/UID: 9780425260791
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Books
Edition Pub Date: 02 Oct 2012
Description
This perfect gift for readers, writers, and literature majors alike unearths the quirks of the English language. For example, do you know why a mortgage is literally a "death pledge"? Why guns have girls' names? Why "salt" is related to "soldier"...
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279 pages • paperback • 2011
ISBN/UID: 9780425260791
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Berkley Books
Edition Pub Date: 02 Oct 2012
Description
This perfect gift for readers, writers, and literature majors alike unearths the quirks of the English language. For example, do you know why a mortgage is literally a "death pledge"? Why guns have girls' names? Why "salt" is related to "soldier"...