You've Got Ketchup on Your Muumuu
An A-to-Z Guide to English Words from Around the World
From one of America's top wordsmiths, a lively survey of words from abroad that make English a truly international language.With dry wit and remarkable erudition, Eugene Ehrlich's You've Got Ketchup on Your Muumuu takes us on an eye-opening tour of our ever-changing language, showing us how English has, throughout its history, seamlessly sewn words from other languages into its original fabric. The language we call our own has in fact been culled from the languages of ancient invaders, such as the Romans, the Angles, the Saxons, the Jutes, and the French. Ehrlich's comprehensive research and vast lingual experience bring to light the origins…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4668-6319-4
- EAN: 9781466863194
- Produktnummer: 22474684
- Verlag: Henry Holt and Co.
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2014
- Seitenangabe: 288 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 777 KB
- Auflage: First Edition
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Eugene Ehrlich
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