Words Fail Me
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Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0195202376
ISBN13:9780195202373
Release Date:February 1981
Publisher:Oxford University Press, USA
Length:182 Pages
Weight:0.80 lbs.
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Another expedition into the world of words
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 24 years ago
This is yet another delightful book by Philip Howard (who was literary editor of The Times of London) where he explores the ins and outs of a few words, phrases and expressions that range all the way from "economics," "crocodile tears" and "as sick as a parrot." Many entries provide information both curious and interesting. For example, "watergate" originally meant a channel of water, then referred to a gate giving access to a channel of water -- a famous example being the "Traitor's Gate" in the Tower of London. Now of course, the Nixon White House has given it new meaning. This book is full of information like this. The section on South African English, depicted in the form of a conversation between an Afrikaaner and an Indian, amuses as it informs.
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