Parametry
- 288 stron
- 11 godzin czytania
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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
- Język
- Rok wydania
- 2012
- Oprawa
- (miękka)
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- Tytuł
- It's a Wonderful Word
- Podtytuł
- The Real Origins of Our Favourite Words
- Język
- angielski
- Autorzy
- Albert Jack
- Wydawca
- Arrow
- Rok wydania
- 2012
- Oprawa
- miękka
- Liczba stron
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0099562324
- ISBN13
- 9780099562320
- Seria
- Kategorie
- Tagi
- Tematy historyczne, Biznes, Humor, Poradniki, Technologia, Edukacja & Szkolnictwo, Społeczeństwo, Feminizm, Lingwistyka, Rodzicielstwo, Pisanie, Kultura, Historia społeczna, Cywilizacja, Innowacje, Kuba Rozpruwacz
- Ocena
- 3,25 z 5
- Opis
- 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.