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The Accidental Dictionary: The Remarkable Twists and Turns of English Words by Paul Anthony Jones
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Category: Reference
Brimming with hidden histories and tantalising twists, The Accidental Dictionary tells the extraordinary stories behind ordinary words. Our everyday language is full of surprises; its origins are stranger than you might think. Any word might be knocked and buffeted, subjected to twists and turns, expans ...Show more
The Cabinet of Calm: Soothing Words for Troubled Times by Paul Anthony Jones
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Category: Self Development
Do you ever find yourself suffering from mal-de-siècle (n.) (a world-weariness brought on by the current state of affairs)? Do you simply want to snerdle (v.) (to wrap up cozily in bed) or hide away in your growlery (n.) (a place you like to retreat to when you’re in a bad mood)?Sometimes the language o ...Show more
The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words by Paul Anthony Jones
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Category: Reference
Open The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities and you'll find both a word and a day to remember, every day of the year. Each day has its own dedicated entry, on which a curious or notable event--and an equally curious or notable word--are explored. On the day on which flirting was banned in New York City, ...Show more
Why Is This a Question? - Everything about the Origins and Oddities of Language You Never Thought to Ask by Paul Anthony Jones
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Category: Reference
'As entertaining as it is engrossing' John Banville 'Enlightening, delightful' Arthur der Weduwen, author of The LibraryWhy don't eleven and twelve end in -teen? The rest of our counting system sits in neatly arithmetical sets of ten, so why do these two rulebreakers seem so at odds with the numbers tha ...Show more
Why Is This a Question? The Origins, Oddities and Mysteries of Language by Paul Anthony Jones
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Category: Reference
A fascinating exploration of the nuts and bolts of human language.Why don't eleven and twelve end in -teen? The rest of our counting system sits in neatly arithmetical sets of ten, so why do these two rulebreakers seem so at odds to the numbers that follow them? Admittedly, that's probably a question y ...Show more
Word Drops: A Sprinkling of Linguistic Curiosities by Paul Anthony Jones
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Category: Reference
If you're logofascinated, you are literally spellbound by language. Word Drops is a language fact book unlike any other, its linguistic tidbits all falling together into one long interconnected chain just with each fact neatly 'dropping' into place beside the next.What's more, throughout, footnotes are ...Show more
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