Another glossary type reference, but without the narrative hook that made Roger, Sausage & Whippet so very engrossing. This one is all about words coined, or first used by, authors. Shakespeare of course, although he doesn't have the showing you'd expect. A lot of words we take for granted toda...
New Review! AUTHORISMS: Words Wrought by Writers http://tinyurl.com/mfr3ozt The story of English is complicated, made more so by the weird rules, the incomprehensibly vat vocabulary, and the magpie's glee English speakers take in vacuuming up words from every language that has a cool one or two ...
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