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Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare

by Jeremy Butterfield

ISBN 13: 9780199239061

Format: Hardcover (192 pages)
Publisher: OUP Oxford
Published: 30 Oct 2008

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Cassell's Dictionary Of Word And Phrase Origins

by Nigel Rees

ISBN 13: 9780304362257

Format: Paperback (284 pages)
Publisher: Cassell
Published: 14 Mar 2002

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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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Scottish Forenames

by Donald Whyte

ISBN 13: 9781841583983

Format: Paperback (216 pages)
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Published: 18 Mar 2005

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Scottish Place Names: Their Meanings Explained

by Michael Eyers

ISBN 13: 9780863051609

Format: Paperback (96 pages)
Publisher: Sphere Books
Published: 24 Feb 2000

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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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Spellbound: The Surprising Origins and Astonishing Secrets of English Spelling

by James Essinger

ISBN 13: 9780385340847

Format: Paperback (336 pages)
Publisher: Delta
Published: May 2007

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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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Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

by David Wilton,Ivan Brunetti

ISBN 13: 9780195172843

Format: Illustrated (234 pages)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 01 Dec 2004
Other Format: Illustrated

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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Eponyms (Wordsworth Reference)

by Martin H. Manser

ISBN 13: 9781853263736

Format: Paperback (800 pages)
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Published: 01 Apr 1996
Other Format: Paperback

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English Place-Names Explained (England's Living History)

by Mr Charles Whynne-Hammond

ISBN 13: 9781853069116

Format: Paperback (256 pages)
Publisher: Countryside Books
Published: 26 Apr 2005

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

by Albert Jack

ISBN 13: 9780141024257

Format: Paperback (272 pages)
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 05 Oct 2006
Other Format: Hardcover, Paperback

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