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 | #48115 in Books |  McWhorter, John |  2009-10-27 |  2009-10-27 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.30 x.70 x5.10l,.38 | File type: PDF | 256 pages

||4 of 4 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting Look at a Puzzling Question|By Anne Mills|The question is: what happened to Celtic? The population of the British Isles up to somewhere in the middle of the first millenium was mostly Celtic, and Celtic tongues survive on the edges, in Wales, Eire and Scotland. And many Britons before the Germanic invasions were probably Latin speakers. But English itself is basi|From Publishers Weekly|This evolutionary history of the English language from author and editor McWhorter (The Power of Babel: A Natural History of Language) isn't an easy read, but those fascinated by words and grammar will find it informative, provocative and

A survey of the quirks and quandaries of the English language, focusing on our strange and wonderful grammar

Why do we say “I am reading a catalog” instead of “I read a catalog”? Why do we say “do” at all? Is the way we speak a reflection of our cultural values? Delving into these provocative topics and more, Our Magnificent Bastard Language distills hundreds of years of fascinating lore into one lively history....

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