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“Vastly informative and vastly entertaining…A scholarly and fascinating book.” —Los Angeles Times
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language.
From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can’t), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world’s largest growth industries.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9780380715435 |
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Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers |
Publication date: | 10/23/2001 |
Edition description: | Reissue |
Pages: | 320 |
Sales rank: | 54,410 |
Product dimensions: | 5.31(w) x 8.00(h) x 0.72(d) |
About the Author

Bill Bryson's bestselling books include One Summer, A Short History of Nearly Everything, At Home, A Walk in the Woods, Neither Here nor There, Made in America, and The Mother Tongue. He lives in England with his wife.
Hometown:
Hanover, New HampshireDate of Birth:
1951Place of Birth:
Des Moines, IowaEducation:
B.A., Drake University, 1977Customer Reviews
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