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Wordplay : origins, meanings, and usage of the English language / Robertson Cochrane.
by Cochrane, Robertson, 1937-
University of Toronto Press, 1996.
Call #: 422 C663wp
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500 years of new words : [the fascinating story of how, when, and why hundreds of your favorite words first entered the English language] / by Bill Sherk.
by Sherk, Bill, 1942-
Dundurn, 2004.
Call #: 422 S552f
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Why is English like that? : historical answers to hard ELT questions / Norbert Schmitt, Richard Marsden.
by Schmitt, Norbert, 1956-
University of Michigan Press, c2006.
Call #: ESL 420.9 S355w
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Unfortunate English : the gloomy truth behind the words you use / Bill Brohaugh.
by Brohaugh, William.
Writer's Digest Books, c2006.
Call #: 422 B866u
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The history of the English language / Brigit Viney ; Series editor, Christine Lindop.
by Viney, Brigit.
Oxford University Press, c2008.
Call #: ESL 420.9 V783h
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By hook or by crook : a journey in search of English / David Crystal.
by Crystal, David, 1941-
Overlook Press, 2008, c2007.
Call #: 420 C957b
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The language wars : a history of proper English / Henry Hitchings.
by Hitchings, Henry, 1974-
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011.
Call #: 420.9 H675L
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The rude story of English / Tom Howell ; with illustrations by Gabe Foreman.
by Howell, Tom.
McClelland & Stewart, 2012.
Call #: 427 H859r
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The story of English in 100 words / David Crystal.
by Crystal, David, 1941-
St. Martin's Press, 2012.
Call #: 422 C957s
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