500 Years of New Words

500 Years of New Words
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Publisher : Dundurn
Total Pages : 315
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ISBN-10 : 9781550025255
ISBN-13 : 1550025252
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Book Synopsis 500 Years of New Words by : Bill Sherk

Download or read book 500 Years of New Words written by Bill Sherk and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2004-09 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you ever use words and find yourself wondering where they came from, who wrote them first, and why they became necessary, then you will savour 500 Years of New Words, a new volume that takes you on an exciting journey through the English language from the days before Shakespeare to the first decade of the twenty-first century. The entries are arranged not alphabetically but in chronological order based on the earliest known year that each word was printed or written down.


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