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Strange to Say: Etymology as Serious Entertainment

By Deborah Warren
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By Deborah Warren
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"[Warren's] curiosity and embrace of the unpredictable, as well as her delight in both the archaic and the homespun, animate Strange to Say, a tour of English that savors the language's mutability."―Wall Street Journal

"A great read for those who appreciate seeing the whimsy in words, as Warren remarkably achieves etymological entertainment."―Booklist

“You can’t stop language, because when all’s said and done is never.”

In her witty account of the origins of many English words and expressions...

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PhilosophyLinguistics & SemioticsHistorical (Diachronic) Linguistics