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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... look back on a century of turmoil, conflict, adventure and change. To obtain a divorce from his first wife, the strong-willed Henry VIII had broken all ties with the Roman Catholic Church and established a new Church of England with ...
... look upon piss as just another vulgar four-letter word, however, remember that it appears in the King James version of the Bible. 1514. TOPGALLANT. A topgallant is the mast, sail or rigging directly above the topmast and topsail, so ...
... look whole. The wax would wash off in the first rainstorm, by which time the sale had usually been made and the irate customer was left holding the bag (or in this case, the wax). This sneaky trick came to the attention of the Roman ...
... look at a map of the Mediterranean, you'll see three large peninsulas (or peninsulae, if you prefer) hanging down from the underbelly of Europe: the Iberian, the Italian and the Balkan. The Balkan is actually a peninsula with a ...
... look to his own family for evidence to support his theory of biologically inherited characteristics. His grandfather was a famous British physiologist named Erasmus Darwin (1731–1802) and his son was Sir George Howard Darwin (1845–1912) ...
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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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