500 Years of New WordsDundurn, 2004 - 312 páginas 500 Years of New Words takes you on an exciting journey through the English language from the days before Shakespeare to the first decade of the 21st century. All the main entries are arranged not alphabetically by in chronological order based on the earliest known year that each word was printed or written down. Beginning with "America" in 1507 and spanning the centuries to "Marsiphobiphiliac" in 2004 (a person who would love to go to Mars but is afraid of being marooned there), this book can be opened at any page and the reader will discover a dazzling array of linguistic delights. In other words, this book is unputdownable (the main entry for 1947). If Shakespeare were alive today, he would buy this book. |
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... Henry VII commissioned John Cabot to sail to the unknown lands across the Atlantic, and Cabot returned to tell about a “newe founde land.” Meanwhile, around the royal court, Henry's four children — two boys and two girls — were growing ...
... Henry Billingsley, in his translation of The Elements ofGeometrie ofEuclid, wrote: “An obtuse angle is that which is greater than a right angle.” An angle of less than ninety degrees is known as an acute angle, from the Latin acutus ...
... Henry VIII was ramming through Parliament in the 1530s, he might have lived longer. As Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More wielded great influence, but was still expected to kowtow to the king. When Henry VIII asked him to take an oath to ...
... Henry VIII gets the credit for first mentioning it on paper: “They do die in these parts (Wallingford) ... of the small pokes and mezils.” Reports of epidemics from the 1400s testify to the catastrophic effects of this disease, which ...
... Henry VIII, would sever all ties with the Church in Rome — not because of Martin Luther but because he wanted a divorce from a wife who had failed to produce a male heir to the English throne? 1522 PIT-A-PAT Back in prehistoric times ...
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500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these ... Bill Sherk Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
500 Years of New Words: the fascinating story of how, when, and why these ... Bill Sherk Vista previa limitada - 2004 |
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