Bibliograph

Bagels, bumf, & buses, a day in the life of the English language, Simon Horobin

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Bagels, bumf, & buses, a day in the life of the English language, Simon Horobin

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Bagels, bumf, & buses

Nature of contents

bibliography

Responsibility statement

Simon Horobin

Sub title

a day in the life of the English language

Summary

Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. Simon Horobin takes the reader on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words we use to describe routine activities - getting up, going to work, eating meals - have surprisingly fascinating histories

Target audience

adult

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Creator