Isbn: 9780141012230 - port out, starboard home: the fascinating stories we tell about the words we use (14 Ergebnisse)

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Mass Market Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. Port Out, Starboard Home This book is in very good condition and will be shipped within 24 hours of ordering. The cover may have some limited signs of wear but the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied. See all our books here, order more than 1 book and get discounted shipping.…

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Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

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Zustand: Good. Michael Quinion here retells many of the more bizarre tales, and explains their real origins where they're known. This is a fascinating treasure-trove of fiction and fact for anyone interested in language. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing. 2005. Mass Market Paperback. . . . . …

Zustand: Good. Michael Quinion here retells many of the more bizarre tales, and explains their real origins where they're known. This is a fascinating treasure-trove of fiction and fact for anyone interested in language. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 22. Weight in Grams: 224. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing. 2005. Mass Market Paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Softcover. Zustand: Good. Michael Quinion here retells many of the more bizarre tales, and explains their real origins where they're known. This is a fascinating treasure-trove of fiction and fact for anyone interested in language. Can it really be true that 'golf' stands for 'Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden'? Or that 'rule of thumb' comes from an archaic legal principle that a man may chastise his wife, but only with a rod no thicker than his thumb? These and hundreds of other stories are commonly told and retold whenever people meet. They grow up in part because expressions are often genuinely mysterious. Why, for example, are satisfying meals 'square' rather than any other shape? And how did anyone ever come up with the idea that if you're competent at something you can 'cut the mustard'? Michael Quinion here retells many of the more bizarre tales, and explains their real origins where they're known. This is a fascinating treasure-trove of fiction and fact for anyone interested in language.; Penguin pap. 2005.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Reprint. Paperback. Port Out, Starboard Home and Other Language Myths. The fascinating stories we tell about the words we use. In this wonderfully, rich exploration of the wilder shores of the English language, the author reveals the true history of terms ranging from Fair Dinkam to Welsh Rabbit and debunks the myths that have grown up around the origins of words as diverse as posh, OK and jazz. Hilarious, chatty and brilliantly erudire, this book is a fascinating treasure-trove of fiction and fact for anyone who has ever stopped to wonder what really inspired the bizarre words and phrases that pepper our everyday conversations. 282 pp. (We carry a wide selection of titles in The Arts, Theology, History, Politics, Social and Physical Sciences. Academic and Scholarly books and Modern First Editions ,and all types of Educational Reference Literature.).…

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Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 304 pages. 7.09x4.41x1.10 inches. In Stock.

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