Wordwatching: field notes from an amateur philologist by Julian Burnside, Julian Burnside
Wordwatching: field notes from an amateur philologist

Julian Burnside, Julian Burnside

Wordwatching: field notes from an amateur philologist

Julian Burnside, Julian Burnside

352 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction funny informative lighthearted slow-paced
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A bonzer (p. 288) discussion of the strange but dinkum (p. 289) pedigree (p. 224) of the naughty (p. 202), nice (p. 212), and, sometimes, obscene (p. 217) English language. We live in a torrent of words — from radio and television, books and newsp...

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