Word Nerd
The English language is full of beauty and surprises.If you're a lover of the weird and wonderful, from fascinating etymology to the ten most overused and useless English phrases, this book isn't…
Specifikacia Word Nerd
The English language is full of beauty and surprises.If you're a lover of the weird and wonderful, from fascinating etymology to the ten most overused and useless English phrases, this book isn't averse to a peppering of persiflage!Did you know:pilots and air traffic controllers at major air international airports have to speak Englishthe hashtag symbol is an "octothorpe""bumfiddle" means to spoil a piece of paper or documentthe word "noon" originally meant 3pm; the literal meaning of "bamboozle" is to make a baboon out of someone.This book contains a boatload of things you didn't know about the English language and it's a guaranteed prolix-free zone.