Bagels, Bumf, and Buses: A Day in the Life of the English Language

Bagels, Bumf, and Buses: A Day in the Life of the English Language
Simon Horobin
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Hardback
h216 x 135mm - 224pg
1 Nov 2019 UK
9780198832270
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Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. Simon Horobin takes the reader on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words we use to describe routine activities - getting up, going to work, eating meals - havesurprisingly fascinating histories.
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ISBN-13: 9780198832270
Published: 1 Nov 2019
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Format: Hardback
Height: 216mm
Width: 135mm
Pages: 224

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