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Ologies and Isms : A Dictionary of Word Beginnings and Endings (revised ed, 2005) by Michael Quinion
$35.00 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference
An authoritative guide to the building blocks of words. Over 1,250 entries and over 10,000 examples. First published 2002. Thise revised edition 2005.
Port Out, Starboard Home and other language myths by Michael Quinion
$25.00 NZD
Category: Reference
Can it really be true that 'golf' stands for 'Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden'? Or that 'rule of thumb' comes from an archaic legal principle that a man may chastise his wife, but only with a rod no thicker than his thumb? These and hundreds of other stories are commonly told and retold whenever p ...Show more
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