Port out, starboard home : and other language myths
Quinion, Michael2004
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Total copies: 1
In this entertaining and fascinating text on the origins of words and expressions, Michael Quinion retells the mythic tales that have become popular currency and tries to find and explain the true stories behind the origins of phrases.
Author:
Imprint:
Penguin, 2004.
Collation:
282p ; 210x140mm : 335gm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p. 279-280.
ISBN:
0140515348 (hbk)
Dewey class:
422 QUI422
LC class:
PE1574
Language:
English
BRN:
131725