Words, Words, Words
Houghmagandie, Knockers, Trolleys and Others
Seiten
2004
The Lilliput Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84351-059-8 (ISBN)
The Lilliput Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84351-059-8 (ISBN)
What is your problem if you are ringled to a flazzard? When is Chewidden Day? How might you get out of the langle? Why is going for a dacker a quite innocent activity in one place, but something rather more lewd elsewhere? Words, Words, Words probes lexicography, dialect, sexual practices, sport and social history to create a humorous and informative guide to some of the more bizarre byways of the English language. If you’ve ever had trouble telling your etymology from your entomology, this is the book for you.
DIARMAID O MUIRITHE is a native of New Ross, County Wexford, and retired Senior Lecturer in Irish at University College Dublin. He is author of The Words We Use column in the Irish Times, A Word in Your Ear (1997), Folklore of County Wexford (1999) and A Dictionary of Anglo-Irish (2000).
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 4.11.2004 |
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Verlagsort | Dublin |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 135 x 210 mm |
Gewicht | 250 g |
Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft |
ISBN-10 | 1-84351-059-6 / 1843510596 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-84351-059-8 / 9781843510598 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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