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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... eastern Asia. Instead, the honour fell to Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine navigator who made four visits to the New World between 1497 and 1503 and who suggested the new lands be called Mundus Novus — New 14 BILL SHERK.
Bill Sherk. suggested the new lands be called Mundus Novus — New World. A German mapmaker named Martin Waldseemuller read Vespucci's account of his voyages and labelled the new land “America.” When Waldseemuller later learned of the role ...
... called to the front of the room to draw such an angle on the blackboard; the teacher would stand alongside and, while gently prodding the student in the belly with a wooden pointer, would say: “Let me know when the pain becomes acute ...
... called tinsmiths. 1513. DANDELION. Until its spelling became standardized (probably by the eighteenth century), dandelion appeared as dent de lion, dentdelyon, dantdelyon, and dendelion. The spelling may have varied, but the etymology did ...
... called because it makes a gallant show compared to the other sails. I never encounter this word without thinking of one of the finest educational motion pictures ever made, The England of Elizabeth. Produced by the British Transport ...
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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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