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Port out, starboard home : and other language myths

Quinion, Michael2005
Books, Manuscripts
In this entertaining and fascinating text on the origins of words and expressions, Michael Quinion retells the mythic tales that have become popular currency and tries to find and explain the true stories behind the origins of phrases.
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2005.
Collation:
xvi, 282 p. ; 18 cm.
Notes:
Originally published: 2004.Includes bibliographical references (p. 279-280).
ISBN:
9780141012230 (pbk)0141012234 (pbk)
Dewey class:
422422
Language:
English
BRN:
2123457
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