[PDF.73hw] The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way

The Mother Tongue - English And How It Got That Way

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 | #6908 in Books |  Bryson, Bill |  1990 |  2001-10-23 | Ingredients: Example Ingredients | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.00 x.72 x5.31l,.45 | File type: PDF | 272 pages

 | Harper Perennial

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||13 of 14 people found the following review helpful.| Not up to Bryson's standard|By JGM|I am a big Bill Bryson fan, I often say that the guy can write about anything and make it interesting. This book is an exception to that rule.

Although lists a 2015 publication date for the Kindle edition, this is clearly a much older book (most of the references and examples seem to be no more recent than the mid-80s) and seems|.com |Who would have thought that a book about English would be so entertaining? Certainly not this grammar-allergic reviewer, but The Mother Tongue pulls it off admirably. Bill Bryson--a zealot--is the right man for the job. Who else could rhapsodize ab

With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson—the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent—brilliantly 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...

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