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The Life and Times of the English Language: The History of Our Marvellous Native Tongue

by Robert Claiborne

ISBN 13: 9780747509882

Format: Hardcover (344 pages)
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: 30 Sep 1991

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Dictionary of Word Origins

by L. Flavell, R.H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856262149

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: 30 May 1996
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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The Rosetta Stone

by Carol Andrews

ISBN 13: 9780714109312

Format: Paperback (32 pages)
Publisher: British Museum Press
Published: Nov 1981

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Gobbledygook: How Cliches, Sludge, and Management-Speak are Strangling Our Public Language

by Don Watson

ISBN 13: 9781843543565

Format: Hardcover (200 pages)
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 02 Sep 2004
Other Format: Paperback

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Bloomers, Biros and Wellington Boots: How the Names Became the Words

by ANDREW SHOLL

ISBN 13: 9781854796424

Format: Hardcover (176 pages)
Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Published: 23 Aug 1996

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The Slang Thesaurus: Second Edition (Penguin Reference Books S.)

by Jonathon Green

ISBN 13: 9780140514322

Format: Paperback (304 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 28 Oct 1999
Other Format: Paperback

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Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep: The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day

by Albert Jack

ISBN 13: 9780141039565

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 28 Aug 2008
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Unlocking the English Language

by Robert W. Burchfield

ISBN 13: 9780571144167

Format: Paperback (224 pages)
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 09 Mar 1992
Other Format: Hardcover

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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Foreign Words in English (Wordsworth Reference)

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9781853263446

Format: Paperback (325 pages)
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Published: Apr 1995

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The Structure of Spoken and Written Language: Spoken and Written English

by Janet Townend,Jean Walker

ISBN 13: 9781861564290

Format: Paperback (360 pages)
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 13 Jan 2006

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Bloomsbury Dictionary of Word Origins

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780747509714

Format: Paperback (592 pages)
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: 30 Sep 1991
Other Format: Hardcover

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Well I Never Knew That!: Nelson, Trafalgar and the Royal Navy

by Peter Ryding

ISBN 13: 9780955152504

Format: Hardcover (86 pages)
Publisher: Pathfinder Partners Ltd
Published: Sep 2005
Other Format: Hardcover

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