Strange to Say
Etymology as Serious Entertainment
Published on 17. August 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
194 pages
978-1-58988-157-0 (ISBN)
Description
A winningly funny look at the weird and wonderful history of common English words.
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Language
English
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Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
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Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 214 mm
Width: 138 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
249 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-58988-157-0 (9781589881570)
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Deborah Warren is the author of four books of poetry-Connoisseurs of Worms, The Size of Happiness, Zero Meridian, winner of the New Criterion Poetry Prize, and Dream With Flowers and Bowl of Fruit, winner of the Richard Wilbur Award-and a translation of Ausonius: The Moselle and Other Poems. Warren's writing has appeared in the New Yorker, Paris Review, Poetry, and other publications, and she has won the Robert Penn Warren Prize, Howard Nemerov Award, Robert Frost Award, and Meringoff Award for her work. She lives in Massachusetts.
Content
CONTENTS:
Coming to Terms: An Invitation
I. In a Word: Evolution
II. Double-Speak: Anglo-Latin
III. From the Word Go: Word Gets Around
IV. Putting Words in My Mouth: Eat Your Words
V. Speaking Ill Of: Diseases Are All About Shape
VI. Say it With Flowers
VII. Too Funny for Words: Laughter
VIII. Bespoke: Clothes and Cloth
IX. Speak of the Devil
X. Speak No Evil: Religion
XI. Baby Talk: Children
XII. The Last Word: Death
XIII. Cat Got Your Tongue?
XIV. Tongues Wag: Canines
XV. The Horse's Mouth
XVI. Walk the Talk: Wandering
XVII. What's the Magic Word?: Fortune-telling
XVIII. On a First-Name Basis: To Name Names
XIX. Talking Six to the Dozen
XX. Prison Terms
XXI. Pay the Piper, Call the Tune.
XXII. Speaking of Which: Pronouns
XXIII. Buzz Words: Liquor
XXIV. In Name Only: Family Names
XXV. Talk Of The Town: Place Names
XXVI. Play on Words: Sports
XXVII. Talk of Many Things: Cabbages and Kings: Pedigree and Politics
XXVIII. In Glowing Terms: Colors
XXIX. Say When: Telling Time
XXX. Body Language: From Hand to Mouth
XXXI. Strange to Say
XXXII. Getting a Word in Edgewise: Portmanteaux
XXXIII. Even As We Speak: Today
Coming to Terms: An Invitation
I. In a Word: Evolution
II. Double-Speak: Anglo-Latin
III. From the Word Go: Word Gets Around
IV. Putting Words in My Mouth: Eat Your Words
V. Speaking Ill Of: Diseases Are All About Shape
VI. Say it With Flowers
VII. Too Funny for Words: Laughter
VIII. Bespoke: Clothes and Cloth
IX. Speak of the Devil
X. Speak No Evil: Religion
XI. Baby Talk: Children
XII. The Last Word: Death
XIII. Cat Got Your Tongue?
XIV. Tongues Wag: Canines
XV. The Horse's Mouth
XVI. Walk the Talk: Wandering
XVII. What's the Magic Word?: Fortune-telling
XVIII. On a First-Name Basis: To Name Names
XIX. Talking Six to the Dozen
XX. Prison Terms
XXI. Pay the Piper, Call the Tune.
XXII. Speaking of Which: Pronouns
XXIII. Buzz Words: Liquor
XXIV. In Name Only: Family Names
XXV. Talk Of The Town: Place Names
XXVI. Play on Words: Sports
XXVII. Talk of Many Things: Cabbages and Kings: Pedigree and Politics
XXVIII. In Glowing Terms: Colors
XXIX. Say When: Telling Time
XXX. Body Language: From Hand to Mouth
XXXI. Strange to Say
XXXII. Getting a Word in Edgewise: Portmanteaux
XXXIII. Even As We Speak: Today