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Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins (Paperback)

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Author(s):Funk, Charles Earle
ISBN:0060513381
ISBN-13:9780060513382
Dewey Decimal:422
Pages:320
Binding:Paperback
Publisher:Harpercollins
Dimensions:197mm x 134mm x 20mm
Edition:Reprint
Year:2002
Language:English

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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.

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