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9780062720498
Thereby Hangs a Tale Stories of Curious Word Origins
by Funk, Charles E.
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- ISBN-13: 9780062720498
- ISBN: 006272049X
- Publication Date: 0006
- Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
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The Greek root of school means leisure. A language where hearse and rehearse have the same root and the word dunce comes from a great philosopher, English has hundreds of every day words that originated or acquired their meaning in unusual ways. Dictionaries don't have the space to tell us all the mysteries, but now Dr. Funk, with humor and insight, tells us the strange and intriguing stories of hundreds of words and how they came to be a part of our language.Funk, Charles E. is the author of 'Thereby Hangs a Tale Stories of Curious Word Origins', published 0006 under ISBN 9780062720498 and ISBN 006272049X.
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