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Elster, Charles Harrington.
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English language -- Etymology.
English language -- Usage.
English language -- Style.
Plays on words.
Americanisms.
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Elster, Charles Harrington.
English language -- Etymology.
English language -- Usage.
English language -- Style.
Plays on words.
Americanisms.
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What in the word? : wordplay, word lore, and answers to your peskiest questions about language / Charles Harrington Elster.
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Elster, Charles Harrington.
Harcourt, Inc., c2005.
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E49w
Subjects
English language -- Etymology.
English language -- Usage.
English language -- Style.
Plays on words.
Americanisms.
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ISBN:
0156031973 (pbk.)
9780156031974
Edition:
1st ed.
Description:
xvi, 286 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
A Harvest original.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-273) and index.
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.
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