Remarkable Words
by John Train
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A curious and amusing sampler of bizarre word origins details the origin, evolution, and current state of selected words whose meanings through the centuries have changed dramatically.Tags
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Entertaining and educational. Will make you want to check alternate sources to see if his interpretation is correct or not - and you just might learn something doing that as well!
Makes quick,light reading
Makes quick,light reading
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- Canonical title
- Remarkable Words
- Original title
- Bedlam, Boudoir & Brouhhaha 0r Remarkable Words With Astonishing Origins
- Original publication date
- 1980
- First words
- Preface:
Language is the highest form of culture, and surely word origins are the most fascinating element of language. - Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Walker:
Not, as one might suppose, the guardian of a village (who was the ward);
rather, the man who trampled the cloth being bleached in the vat of the fuller.
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