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Thereby Hangs A Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins – A Humorous and Insightful Guide to Etymology - Softcover

Funk, Charles E.

 
9780060513382: Thereby Hangs A Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins – A Humorous and Insightful Guide to Etymology
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0060513381 ISBN 13: 9780060513382
Verlag: William Morrow Paperbacks, 2002

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From “mad as a wet hen” to “corn dodger” and “hobgoblin,” Charles Funk’s collections of curious words and expressions are a treasure trove of word origin.

In a language where hearse and rehearse have the same root and the word dunce comes from a great philosopher, English has hundreds of everyday words that originated or acquired their meanings in unusual ways. Dictionaries don’t have the space to tell us all the mysteries but now Dr. Funk, with humor and insight, tells us the strange and intriguing stories of hundreds of words and how they came to be a part of our language.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Charles Earle Funk was editor in chief of the Funk & Wagnalls Standard Dictionary Series. He wrote several other books on word and phrase origins, including Horsefeathers, Heavens to Betsy!, and Thereby Hangs a Tale.

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The Greek root of school means leisure.

A language where hearse and rehearse have the same root and the word dunce comes from a great philosopher, English has hundreds of every day words that originated or acquired their meaning in unusual ways. Dictionaries don't have the space to tell us all the mysteries, but now Dr. Funk, with humor and insight, tells us the strange and intriguing stories of hundreds of words and how they came to be a part of our language.

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Verlag
William Morrow Paperbacks
Erscheinungsdatum
2002
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0060513381
ISBN 13 
9780060513382
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
316
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