Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends by David Wilton

Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

David Wilton

240 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction reference informative slow-paced
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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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