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Strange to say : etymology as serious entertainment
- Title
- Strange to say : etymology as serious entertainment / Deborah Warren.
- Author
- Warren, Deborah, 1946-
- Publication
- Philadelphia : Paul Dry Books, 2021.
- ©2021
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Espaillat, Rhina P. (Rhina Polonia), 1932-
- Description
- x, 194 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- "In her witty account of the origins of many English words and expressions, Deborah Warren educates as she entertains-and entertain she does, leading her readers through the amazing labyrinthian history of related words. "Language," she writes, "is all about mutation.""--
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Informational works.
- Humor.
- Note
- Dedicated to Rhina Espaillat.
- Contents
- An invitation -- Coming to terms. In a word : evolution -- Double-speak : Anglo-Latin -- From the word go : word gets around -- Putting words in my mouth : eat your words -- Buzz words : liquor -- Speaking ill of -- Say it with flowers -- Too funny for words : laughter -- Bespoke : clothes and cloth -- Walk the talk : wandering -- As good as your word. Speak of the devil -- Speak no evil : religion -- Baby talk : children -- What's the magic word? Fortune-telling -- The last word : death -- Talk the hind leg off a donkey. Cat got your tongue? -- Tongues wag : canines -- The horse's mouth -- Name-calling. In name only : family names -- On a first-name basis : to name names -- Talk of many things : cabbages--and kings : pedigree and politics -- Talk of the town : place names -- Take my word for it : malaprops and mondegreens (a media circus) -- In so many words. Take a number -- Prison terms -- Pay the piper, call the tune -- Speaking of which : pronouns -- Play the words: sports -- The name of the game : talking points -- In glowing terms : colors -- Say when : telling time -- Body language : from hand to mouth -- Strange to say -- Even as we speak : now you're talking.
- Call Number
- JFD 22-186
- ISBN
- 9781589881570
- 1589881575
- LCCN
- 2021942497
- OCLC
- 1227085946
- Author
- Warren, Deborah, 1946- author.
- Title
- Strange to say : etymology as serious entertainment / Deborah Warren.
- Publisher
- Philadelphia : Paul Dry Books, 2021.
- Copyright Date
- ©2021
- Edition
- First Paul Dry Books Edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Added Author
- Espaillat, Rhina P. (Rhina Polonia), 1932- dedicatee.
- Research Call Number
- JFD 22-186