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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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Why is Q Always Followed by U?: Word-Perfect Answers to the Most-Asked Questions About Language

by Michael Quinion

ISBN 13: 9780141039244

Format: Paperback (368 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 28 Oct 2010
Other Format: Hardcover

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Dictionary of Proverbs: And Their Origins

by Linda Flavell,Roger Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856267366

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: 13 Mar 2008
Other Format: Paperback

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A Little Book of Language

by David Crystal

ISBN 13: 9780300170825

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 01 Mar 2011
Other Format: Hardcover

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Searching for Surnames: A Practical Guide to Their Meanings and Origins (Genealogy S.)

by John Titford

ISBN 13: 9781853067655

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: Countryside Books
Published: 26 Sep 2002

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Dictionary of Idioms: And Their Origins

by L. Flavell, R.H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856261296

Format: Paperback (224 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: 24 Feb 1994
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Cassell Everyday Phrases: Their Origins and Meanings

by Neil Ewart

ISBN 13: 9780304340644

Format: Hardcover (160 pages)
Publisher: Weidenfeld Nicolson Illustrated
Published: 07 Feb 1991
Other Format: Paperback

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Urban Voices: Accent Studies in the British Isles

by Paul Foulkes,Gerard Docherty

ISBN 13: 9780340706084

Format: Paperback (328 pages)
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 01 Oct 1999

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A Concise Dictionary of Modern Place Names in Great Britain and Ireland (Oxford Paperbacks)

by Adrian Room

ISBN 13: 9780192819000

Format: Paperback (192 pages)
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 19 Sep 1985

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Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare

by Jeremy Butterfield

ISBN 13: 9780199574094

Format: Paperback (179 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 23 Jul 2009
Other Format: Hardcover

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Dictionary for Our Time

by Mike Barfield,Steven Appleby

ISBN 13: 9781901170009

Format: Illustrated (95 pages)
Publisher: Oldie Publications Ltd
Published: 25 Oct 1996

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Why Do We Say...?: Words and Sayings and Where They Come from

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780713719444

Format: Hardcover (224 pages)
Publisher: Blandford Press
Published: Sep 1987
Other Format: Paperback

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