Parametry
- 288 stránek
- 11 hodin čtení
Více o knize
Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap ? While we're at it, what have spondulics to do with spines or lawyers with avocados ? In It's a Wonderful Word , bestselling author Albert Jack collects over 500 of the strangest, funniest-sounding and most delightful words in the English language, and traces them back to their often puzzling origins. While brushing up on your gibberish or gobbledygook , discover why bastards should resent travelling salesmen, why sheets should remain on tenterhooks and why you should never set down a tumbler before finishing your drink. From blotto to bamboozle and from claptrap to quango , Albert Jack's addictive anecdotes bring the world's most colourful language to life and are guaranteed to surprise and entertain.
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It's a Wonderful Word, Albert Jack
- Jazyk
- Rok vydání
- 2012
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- Titul
- It's a Wonderful Word
- Podtitul
- The Real Origins of Our Favourite Words
- Jazyk
- anglicky
- Autoři
- Albert Jack
- Vydavatel
- Arrow
- Rok vydání
- 2012
- Vazba
- měkká
- Počet stran
- 288
- ISBN10
- 0099562324
- ISBN13
- 9780099562320
- Série
- Štítky
- Naučná literatura, Společenské vědy, Historické téma, Byznys, Byznys & Management, Humor, Příručky a návody, Ekonomie, Vzdělávání & školství, Sociologie, Technologie, Jazyky, Feminismus, Lingvistika, Rodičovství, Společnost, Antropologie, Psaní, Kultura, Světová historie, Sociální dějiny, Civilizace, Inovace, Jack Rozparovač
- Hodnocení
- 3,25 z 5
- Anotace
- Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater and a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap ? While we're at it, what have spondulics to do with spines or lawyers with avocados ? In It's a Wonderful Word , bestselling author Albert Jack collects over 500 of the strangest, funniest-sounding and most delightful words in the English language, and traces them back to their often puzzling origins. While brushing up on your gibberish or gobbledygook , discover why bastards should resent travelling salesmen, why sheets should remain on tenterhooks and why you should never set down a tumbler before finishing your drink. From blotto to bamboozle and from claptrap to quango , Albert Jack's addictive anecdotes bring the world's most colourful language to life and are guaranteed to surprise and entertain.