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The Mother Tongue : English & How It Got That Way
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Reissue Edition
Paperback
Published by Avon Books (Pap Trd)
Publication date: March 1996
ISBN: 0380715430
| Bryson, an American living in England, gives an informative and hilarious tour through the highways and byeways of our often infuriatingly complex shared language. |
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| Made in America : An Informal History of the English Language in the United States by Bill Bryson |
Paperback
Published by Avon Books (Pap Trd)
Publication date: March 1,1996
ISBN: 0380713810
| This time Bryson turns his wimsical gaze on his homeland as he tells with great relish, what the Americans did to the language and why. |
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| Australian Words and Their Origins by Joan Hughes (Editor) |
Hardcover, 661 pages
Published by Oxford Univ Pr (Short Disc)
Publication date: May 1,1990
ISBN: 019553087X
Can't leave the Aussies out, so here's an Australian contribution.
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| Anglish-Yinglish : Yiddish in American Life and Literature by Gene Bluestein |
Paperback, 135 pages
Published by Univ of Georgia Pr
Publication date: April 1989
ISBN: 0820310840
And finally, the essential ingredient to spice it all up.
