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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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The Oxford Dictionary of Word Histories (Oxford Paperback Reference)

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ISBN 13: 9780198608936

Format: Paperback (582 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 05 Aug 2004
Other Format: Hardcover

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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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The Story of English: How the English Language Conquered the World

by Philip Gooden

ISBN 13: 9780857383280

Format: Paperback (336 pages)
Publisher: Quercus Publishing Plc
Published: 28 Apr 2011

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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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JOY OF LEX

by Gyles Brandreth

ISBN 13: 9781861053992

Format: Illustrated (271 pages)
Publisher: Robson Books Ltd
Published: 12 Mar 2001

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Semantics: The Study of Meaning (Pelican S.)

by Geoffrey Leech

ISBN 13: 9780140216943

Format: Paperback (400 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 28 Feb 1974
Other Format: Paperback

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Mother Tongue: The English Language

by Bill Bryson

ISBN 13: 9780140143058

Format: Paperback (288 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 26 Sep 1991
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Dictionary of Word Origins

by L. Flavell, Roger H. Flavell

ISBN 13: 9781856263924

Format: Paperback (278 pages)
Publisher: Kyle Cathie
Published: 30 Sep 2000
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep: The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day

by Albert Jack

ISBN 13: 9780141039565

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 28 Aug 2008
Other Format: Hardcover

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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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Forgotten English

by Jeffrey Kacirk

ISBN 13: 9780688166366

Format: Illustrated (256 pages)
Publisher: WmMorrowPB
Published: 17 Feb 1999

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