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Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends

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 | #1118842 in Books |  2004-12-02 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  5.80 x1.00 x8.30l,.85 | File type: PDF | 240 pages

||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Interesting at first, quickly grows tiresome|By A. Tady|Starts off interesting, but eventually grows boring, as he shoots down word-myth after word-myth using essentially the same argument each time -- the word appears in the record before the story in the myth allegedly took place. Even more disappointing is the realization that over half of his supporting citations are to the| ||"Think "hot dog" was coined by a New York baseball vendor, or that a certain vulgarity originated as an acronym? Then you need to read this book, which shows that some of the best etymological stories are just tall tales."--Chicago Tribune (10 Best B

Do you "know" that posh comes from an acronym meaning "port out, starboard home"? That "the whole nine yards" comes from (pick one) the length of a WWII gunner's belt; the amount of fabric needed to make a kilt; a sarcastic football expression? That Chicago is called "The Windy City" because of the bloviating habits of its politicians, and not the breeze off the lake?

If so, you need this book. David Wilton debunks the most persistently wrong word histori...

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