The origins of words & phrases
Publisher: Reader's Digest
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
ISBN-13: 9780276442445
Subjects: English language; Terms and phrases; Etymology
Description: Reveals the secrets, scandals and surprises behind the words used every day. This book includes the stories and the personalities that have helped shape the English language from William Shakespeare and Lord Byron, to Rudyard Kipling and Salmon Rushdie.