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Mother Tongue: The English Language by Bill Bryson (Paperback, 1991)

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Product Description : Mother Tongue : The English Language How Did English Treated For Centuries As The Inadequate And Secondrate Tongue Of Peasants Become The Undisputed Global Language How Did Words Like Shampoo Sofa And Rowdy And Others Drawn From Over Fifty Languages Find Their Way Into Our Dictionary In This Revealing And Often Hilarious Book Bill Bryson Examines The Mother Tongue And Explores The Countless Varieties Of English And The Perils Of Marketing Brands With Names Like Pschitt And Super Piss With Entertaining Sections On The Oddities Of Swearing And Spelling Spoonerisms And Scrabble And A Consideration Of What We Mean By Good English Mother Tongue Is One Of The Most Stimulating Books Yet Written On This Endlessly Engrossing Subject