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- 288pagine
- 11 ore di lettura
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Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap ? While we're at it, what have spondulics to do with spines or lawyers with avocados ? In It's a Wonderful Word , bestselling author Albert Jack collects over 500 of the strangest, funniest-sounding and most delightful words in the English language, and traces them back to their often puzzling origins. While brushing up on your gibberish or gobbledygook , discover why bastards should resent travelling salesmen, why sheets should remain on tenterhooks and why you should never set down a tumbler before finishing your drink. From blotto to bamboozle and from claptrap to quango , Albert Jack's addictive anecdotes bring the world's most colourful language to life and are guaranteed to surprise and entertain.
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It's a Wonderful Word, Albert Jack
- Lingua
- Pubblicato
- 2012
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- Titolo
- It's a Wonderful Word
- Sottotitolo
- The Real Origins of Our Favourite Words
- Lingua
- Inglese
- Autori
- Albert Jack
- Editore
- Arrow
- Pubblicato
- 2012
- Formato
- In brossura
- Pagine
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0099562324
- ISBN13
- 9780099562320
- Serie
- Tag
- Saggistica, Scienze sociali, Tema stórico, Commercio, Business & Management, Umorismo, Manuali e guide, Economia, Lingue, Tecnologia, Educazione, istruzione, Sociologia, Società, Femminismo, Linguistica, Genitorialità, Antropologia, Storia del mondo, Scrittura, Cultura, Storia sociale, Civilizzazione, Innovazione, Jack lo Squartatore
- Valutazione
- 3,25 su 5
- Descrizione
- Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap ? While we're at it, what have spondulics to do with spines or lawyers with avocados ? In It's a Wonderful Word , bestselling author Albert Jack collects over 500 of the strangest, funniest-sounding and most delightful words in the English language, and traces them back to their often puzzling origins. While brushing up on your gibberish or gobbledygook , discover why bastards should resent travelling salesmen, why sheets should remain on tenterhooks and why you should never set down a tumbler before finishing your drink. From blotto to bamboozle and from claptrap to quango , Albert Jack's addictive anecdotes bring the world's most colourful language to life and are guaranteed to surprise and entertain.