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Port Out Starboard Home and other language myths

av Michael Quinion

Inbunden bok. Penguin Books. First edition uppl. 2004. 282 sidor.

Nyskick. Skyddsomslag i nyskick. Port Out Starboard Home and other language myths
Michael Quinion

Observera att denna bok är på engelska! Please note that this book is in English.

The book is a new hardcover with dustjacket, unread and in perfect condition, except that the book edges are slightly yellowed.
The author of this book is well-known for his website “World Wide Words”.

Published by Penguin Books in 2004.
First edition.
ISBN 0140515348

What is the true origin of the phrase 'one fell swoop'? Does the word 'honeymoon' really derive from an old Persian custom of giving the happy couple mead, a honey wine, for the first month after the wedding? The rapid growth of the internet and the use of email has increased the circulation of (usually) false tales about the evolution of language. In this entertaining and fascinating new book on the origins of words and expressions, Michael Quinion retells the mythic tales that have become popular currency - the word 'posh' deriving from 'port out, starboard home' - and also tries to find and explain the true stories behind the origins of phrases. Quinion offers explanations of why and how stories about words are created, and how misunderstanding word origins - while usually harmless - can have serious consequences.

Format ca: 20,5x13,5x2,5 cm. 282 pages.