BAGELS, BUMF, AND BUSES by Simon Horobin ( 9780198832270 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

BAGELS, BUMF, AND BUSES
A DAY IN THE LIFE OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

By:

Simon Horobin

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Hardback

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0198832273

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9780198832270

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Publisher:

OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 November, 2019

Pages:

224

Description:

This book explores the fascinating origins of the words and phrases that we use every day. Simon Horobin takes the reader through a typical day''s activities - waking up, eating meals, going to work - and looks at the etymology of the words we use to describe them, as well as how their meanings have changed over time.

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