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Much Ado About English: Up and Down the Bizarre Byways of a Fascinating Language

by Richard Watson Todd

ISBN 13: 9781857883725

Format: Hardcover (160 pages)
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
Published: 12 Oct 2006

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Why Do We Say That?

by Anonymous

ISBN 13: 9780572016548

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: W Foulsham & Co Ltd
Published: 19 Jun 1991

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The Complete Cockney Rabbit: The Ultimate Dick 'n' Harry of Rhyming Slang

by Ray Puxley

ISBN 13: 9781906217648

Format: Paperback (496 pages)
Publisher: JR Books Ltd
Published: 01 Oct 2008

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A Dictionary of English Place-names

by A. D. Mills

ISBN 13: 9780198691563

Format: Hardcover (421 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 30 Nov 1991
Other Format: Paperback

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Oxford Pocket School Dictionary of Word Origins

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780199111930

Format: Paperback (512 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 01 Jul 2004

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Dictionary of Proverbs and Their Origins

by Linda Flavell,Roger H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856265638

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: 01 Jul 2004
Other Format: Paperback

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How Not to Talk Like an Arse: 101 Words You Shouldn't Use Any Time Soon

by Richard Wilson

ISBN 13: 9781907554209

Format: Hardcover (224 pages)
Publisher: Portico
Published: 01 Sep 2011

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Varieties of Modern English (Learning About Language)

by Dr Diane Davies

ISBN 13: 9780582369962

Format: Paperback (184 pages)
Publisher: Longman
Published: 07 Apr 2005

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A Brief Introduction to the Arabic Alphabet: Its Origins and Various Forms

by John Healey,Rex Smith

ISBN 13: 9780863564314

Format: Illustrated (128 pages)
Publisher: Saqi Books
Published: 10 Mar 2009

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Fopdoodle and Salmagundi: Words and Meanings from Dr Samuel Johnson's Dictionary That Time Forgot

by Edward Allhusen,Edward Allhusen

ISBN 13: 9781873590638

Format: Hardcover (208 pages)
Publisher: Old House
Published: 01 Jun 2007

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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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Where Words Come from: A Dictionary of Word Origins

by Fred Sedgwick

ISBN 13: 9781847062741

Format: Illustrated (222 pages)
Publisher: Continuum
Published: 21 May 2009

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