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Blooming English - Observations on the Roots, Cultivation and Hybrids of the English Language (Hardcover)
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Blooming English - Observations on the Roots, Cultivation and Hybrids of the English Language (Hardcover)
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English is the most creative, changeable and imaginative of
languages. Some words are invented to meet temporary needs and are
quickly discarded; others carry meanings hundreds of years old.
Language fascinates us, and we spend a lot of time playing with it,
concocting everything from puns, riddles and secret languages to
wonderful prose and poetry. We also worry about it a great deal,
looking up and checking words in dictionaries and usage guides,
occasionally arguing about definitions. This book celebrates our
capacity to play with language, as well as examining the ways we
use it: in slang and jargon, swearing, speaking the unspeakable, or
concealing unpleasant or inconvenient facts. It is a book for
browsing, for finding beguiling snippets about language, history
and social customs, and for using as a formidable weapon in word
games.
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