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Port Out, Starboard Home
- The Fascinating Stories We Tell About the words We Use
Engelsk
Bogcover for Port Out, Starboard Home af Michael Quinion, 9780141012230
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
304
ISBN-13:
9780141012230
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0141012234
Udg. Dato:
1 sep 2005
Størrelse i cm:
17,9 x 11,2 x 2,2
Oplagsdato:
1 sep 2005
Forfatter(e):

Port Out, Starboard Home

- The Fascinating Stories We Tell About the words We Use
Engelsk
Paperback 2005
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Can it really be true that ''golf'' stands for ''Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden''? Or that ''rule of thumb'' comes from an archaic legal principle that a man may chastise his wife, but only with a rod no thicker than his thumb?

These and hundreds of other stories are commonly told and retold whenever people meet. They grow up in part because expressions are often genuinely mysterious. Why, for example, are satisfying meals ''square'' rather than any other shape? And how did anyone ever come up with the idea that if you''re competent at something you can ''cut the mustard''?

Michael Quinion here retells many of the more bizarre tales, and explains their real origins where they''re known. This is a fascinating treasure-trove of fiction and fact for anyone interested in language.

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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
304
ISBN-13:
9780141012230
Indbinding:
Paperback
ISBN-10:
0141012234
Udg. Dato:
1 sep 2005
Størrelse i cm:
17,9 x 11,2 x 2,2
Oplagsdato:
1 sep 2005
Forfatter(e):
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