Bagels bumf & buses : a day in the life of the English language / Simon Horobin.
Bagels bumf & buses : a day in the life of the English language / Simon Horobin.
Bagels bumf & buses : a day in the life of the English language / Simon Horobin.
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Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
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G 2020/0147
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Language
English
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Physical content
viii, 241 pages ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Publication information
Publisher
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
Place of Publication
United Kingdom
Date Published
2019.
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Summary
Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. Simon Horobin takes the reader on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words...
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Bagels bumf & buses : a day in the life of the English language / Simon Horobin.
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Includes indexes.
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G 2020/0147
Record Identifier
74VKaw3oKWKb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKaw3oKWKb
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ISBN
9780198832270 (hardback)
0198832273 (hardback)
DDC
420
MMS ID
991024283308002626
