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Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare

by Jeremy Butterfield

ISBN 13: 9780199239061

Format: Hardcover (192 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 30 Oct 2008
Other Format: Paperback

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The Stories of English: vi

by David Crystal

ISBN 13: 9780141015934

Format: Paperback (592 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 05 May 2005
Other Format: Hardcover

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Cheers Me Boodies! (Local Dialect)

by John Germon

ISBN 13: 9781846741203

Format: Illustrated (80 pages)
Publisher: Countryside Books
Published: 16 Oct 2008

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Unlocking the English Language

by R.W. Burchfield

ISBN 13: 9780571141234

Format: Hardcover (218 pages)
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 02 Oct 1989
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Cassell Everyday Phrases

by Neil Ewart

ISBN 13: 9780304344208

Format: Paperback (160 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Published: 18 Aug 1994
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Dinkum Aussie Rhyming Slang

by John Meredith

ISBN 13: 9780864173331

Format: Hardcover (62 pages)
Publisher: Kangaroo Press Pty.Ltd
Published: Dec 1991

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Talking for Britain: A Journey Through the Nation's Dialects

by Simon Elmes

ISBN 13: 9780140515626

Format: Hardcover (352 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 22 Aug 2005
Other Format: Paperback

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Changing English

by David Graddol,Dick Leith,Joan Swann,Martin Rhys,Julia Gillen

ISBN 13: 9780415376792

Format: Illustrated (304 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 28 Nov 2006

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Twentieth Century Words

by John Ayto,John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780198602309

Format: Hardcover (640 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 12 Aug 1999

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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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Language Death (Canto)

by David Crystal

ISBN 13: 9780521012713

Format: Paperback (210 pages)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 29 Apr 2002

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Common Phrases: And Where They Come from

by Myron Korach,John Mordock

ISBN 13: 9781599213071

Format: Paperback (202 pages)
Publisher: Lyons Press
Published: 17 Jul 2008

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