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240 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195375572
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 November 2008
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Do you believe that Ring Around the Rosie refers to the Black Death? Or that Eskimos have 50 (or 500) words for "snow"? Or that "Posh" is an acronym for "Port Out, Starboard Home"? If so, you badly need this book. In Word Myths, David Wilton debun...
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240 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780195375572
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Publication date: 01 November 2008
Description
Do you believe that Ring Around the Rosie refers to the Black Death? Or that Eskimos have 50 (or 500) words for "snow"? Or that "Posh" is an acronym for "Port Out, Starboard Home"? If so, you badly need this book. In Word Myths, David Wilton debun...