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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... United States proudly proclaims: “America — a good old Italian name.” How fortunate that Waldseemuller chose Vespucci's first name. Otherwise, Americans would be Vespuccians (ves-POOCH-e-ans), living. 1508. PET. This three-letter word ...
... United States, particularly in the Amish and other Mennonite communities in southeastern Pennsylvania, where buggy manufacturers are still busy building new ones, spokes and all. One buggy maker reports that business is so brisk, he ...
... United States government first met on March 4, 1789, in New York City (the nation's capital was shifted the following year to Philadelphia, and ten years after that to Washington, D.C.). The members of the upper house of Congress are ...
... United States of America, and the fledging republic proceeded to establish its own currency thanks, largely, to the urgings of Thomas Jefferson, who favoured a decimal currency based on the dollar. His proposal was adopted by the ...
... United States, lotteries were used to finance a variety of worthy projects, including the construction of the British Museum, the installation of guns for the defence of Philadelphia, and the building of a road over the Cumberland ...
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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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