Words, Words, Words - Diarmaid O'Muirithe

Words, Words, Words

Houghmagandie, Knockers, Trolleys and Others
Buch | Softcover
176 Seiten
2004
The Lilliput Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84351-059-8 (ISBN)
9,95 inkl. MwSt
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
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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