The word spy
Subtitle: come and discover the secrets of the English language
By: Ursula Dubosarsky ; illustrated by Tohby Riddle.
Contributors: Riddle, Tohby.
Publisher: Penguin Group
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Camberwell, Vic
Language: eng
Number of pages: 243
ISBN-13: 9780670072279
Subjects: English language -- History; English language -- Usage; Vocabulary
Notes: How it all began -- Why is English so strange? -- Dots and dashes, interrobangs and cat's claws -- Letter, letters, letters -- Is that another Greek word? -- Who likes playing games? -- Say that again! -- Hmm, i wonder what you're really saying...--Is that a real person? -- Back to the future -- Glossary.