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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... took by force from Richard III in the Battle of Bosworth Field (“A horse! A horse! — My kingdom for a horse!”), and although old-timers still spoke of the Wars of the Roses, the English people were beginning to enjoy the blessings of ...
... took them to Britain, where the tin mines of Cornwall and Devon yielded their wealth. British tin was carried in Phoenician ships back to the Mediterranean more than six hundred years before the birth of Christ. It was sold and resold ...
... took millions to an early grave. The Spaniards carried smallpox to the New World in the early 1500s, where it is said to have been responsible for the death of half the Native population of the Americas (some tribes, including the ...
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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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