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Ologies and Isms (1st ed, 2002) by Michael Quinion
$41.95 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: Oxford Paperback Reference S.
Deals with prefixes and suffixes - the building blocks of so much of medical and technical vocabulary. This book explains what each affix means. It makes use of examples to show how each is used in practice. It is meant for a student or a practitioner, a teacher of English, an inveterate word-user, or j ...Show more
Port Out, Starboard Home and other language myths by Michael Quinion
$25.00 NZD
Category: Languages & Reference
Can it really be true that 'golf' stands for 'Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden'? Or that 'rule of thumb' comes from an archaic legal principle that a man may chastise his wife, but only with a rod no thicker than his thumb? These and hundreds of other stories are commonly told and retold whenever p ...Show more
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