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A Mouthful of Air: Language and Languages, Especially English

by Burgess, Anthony Anthony Burgess,

ISBN 13: 9780091774158

Format: hardcover
Publisher: Hutchinson
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

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The Real McCoy: The True Stories Behind Our Everyday Phrases

by Georgia Hole

ISBN 13: 9780192806116

Format: Illustrated (208 pages)
Publisher: OUP UK
Published: 01 Oct 2005

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The Scots Dialect Dictionary

by Alexander Warrack

ISBN 13: 9781902407098

Format: Hardcover (672 pages)
Publisher: Waverley Books
Published: 05 Sep 2000
Other Format: Hardcover

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A Dictionary of Eponyms (Oxford Paperback Reference)

by Cyril Leslie Beeching

ISBN 13: 9780192827777

Format: Paperback (229 pages)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: Sep 1990
Other Format: Paperback

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The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories

by Glynnis Chantrell

ISBN 13: 9780198631217

Format: Hardcover (568 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 18 Apr 2002

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Word Origins: The Hidden Histories of English Words from A to Z

by John Ayto

ISBN 13: 9780713674989

Format: Paperback (576 pages)
Publisher: A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Published: 04 Oct 2005

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Language Change: Progress or Decay? (Cambridge Approaches to Linguistics)

by Jean Aitchison

ISBN 13: 9780521795357

Format: Paperback (328 pages)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 26 Oct 2011
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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The Dinkum Dictionary: A Ripper Guide to Aussie English

by Lenie Midge Johansen, Ken Maynard

ISBN 13: 9780670904198

Format: Paperback (544 pages)
Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
Published: 27 Jun 1991

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Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase and Fable

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780304353811

Format: Hardcover (832 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Published: 02 Nov 2000

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Larn Yarsel Essex Dialect: A Comprehensive Guide to the Essex Dialect - Thass a Proper Job!

by Richard Thomas,Gerry Madder- Smith

ISBN 13: 9780947630270

Format: Paperback (96 pages)
Publisher: John Nickalls Publications
Published: Nov 1999

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The Concise Dictionary of English Etymology (Wordsworth Reference)

by Walter W. Skeat,Walter W. Skeat

ISBN 13: 9781853263118

Format: Paperback (656 pages)
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Published: 25 Nov 1993

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