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Ee Up Lad! A Salute to the Yorkshire Dialect

by Len Markham,Richard Scollins

ISBN 13: 9781853067631

Format: Paperback (80 pages)
Publisher: Countryside Books
Published: 31 Oct 2002

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The F Word

by Jesse Sheidlower

ISBN 13: 9780571197309

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 20 Sep 1999

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Speak: A Short History of Languages

by Tore Janson

ISBN 13: 9780198299783

Format: Hardcover (310 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 14 Mar 2002
Other Format: Paperback

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Dictionary of Word Origins

by L. Flavell,R.H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856263719

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: Apr 2000
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Dictionary of True Etymologies

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780710203403

Format: Hardcover (193 pages)
Publisher: Law Book Co of Australasia
Published: 31 Mar 1986

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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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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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What Made The Crocodile Cry?: 101 questions about the English language

by Susie Dent

ISBN 13: 9780199574155

Format: Illustrated (159 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Published: 13 Dec 2009

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A Certain "Je Ne Sais Quoi": The Origin of Foreign Words Used in English

by Chloe Rhodes

ISBN 13: 9781606520574

Format: Hardcover (176 pages)
Publisher: Reader's Digest Association
Published: 04 Mar 2010

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Dictionary of Word Origins

by L. Flavell,R.H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856265645

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

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The Secret Life of The English Language: Buttering Parsnips and Twocking Chavs

by Martin H. Manser,David Pickering

ISBN 13: 9780753824177

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: W&N
Published: 04 Sep 2008

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Dictionary of Idioms: And Their Origins

by L. Flavell,R.H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856263689

Format: Paperback (224 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: 27 Apr 2000
Other Format: Paperback

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