The words we use
Subtitle: collection 3
By: Diarmaid Ó Muirithe.
Publisher: Four Courts Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 93
Subjects: English language -- Ireland -- Etymology.; Irish language -- Influence on English.; Ireland -- Social life and customs.
Description: "As with the previous two volumes this collection illustrates the author's delight in language and his passion for words. Drawing on his own wit, a wide range of sources and the inspiration of his readers, O Muirithe examines and illuminates words and phrases, both colloquialisms and standard English."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: "From his Irish times column"--Cover.