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The mother tongue

Provides a humorous history of the English language covering such topics as spelling, pronunciation, swearing, and wordplay.

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  • "English & how it got that way"
  • "English and how it got that way"

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  • "Provides a humorous history of the English language covering such topics as spelling, pronunciation, swearing, and wordplay."@en
  • "Offers a journey through the intricacies, puzzles, and quirks of the English language, tracing the history of English from its earliest origins to the present day."@en
  • "With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, author Bryson explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language."@en
  • "The noted humorist offers a journey through the intricacies, puzzles and quirks of the English language, tracing the history of English from its earliest origins to the present day"
  • "Packed with fascinating facts on the English language, Mother Tongue is an entertaining and didactic investigation of the influence and distribution of the language worldwide and its origins as a second-rate tongue spoken by peasants."
  • "English & how it got that way. Bill Bryson has joyfully mined the rich ore of English to produce a treasure of a book about the treasure of our tongue."@en
  • "'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...' Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English."
  • "How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate 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. Show More Show Less."
  • "Covers the history of language from its beginnings to the explosion of English as a global language in the twentieth century."
  • "Covers the history of language from its beginnings to the explosion of English as a global language in the twentieth century."@en

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  • "Lehrbuch"
  • "Downloadable e-Books"
  • "Electronic books"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"

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  • "Mother tongue : the story of the english language"
  • "Bu lai sen zhi ying yu jian shi"
  • "The mother tongue"
  • "The mother tongue"@en
  • "The mother tongue : English and how it got that way"
  • "The mother tongue : English and how it got that way"@en
  • "Mother tongue"
  • "Mother tongue : the english language"
  • "Mother tongue : the story of the English language"
  • "Mother tongue : the English language"@en
  • "Mother tongue : the English language"
  • "Mother tongue : The English Language"
  • "Bu lai sen zhi Ying yu jian shi"
  • "The Mother tongue : English & how it got that way"
  • "Bulaisen zhi Ying yu jian shi"
  • "Mother tongue : English & how it got that way"
  • "The mother tongue English and how it got that way"
  • "The mother tongue : English & how it got that way"
  • "Mother tongue : english & how it got that way"
  • "The mother tongue : English & how it got that way"@en
  • "The Mother Tongue English & how it got that way"
  • "Mother tongue the English language"
  • "Mother tongue the story of the English language"
  • "The mother tongue : english & how it got that way"
  • "布萊森之英語簡史"
  • "Mother tongue. : the story of the English language"
  • "The mother tongue : English & [and] how it got that way"
  • "Mother Tongue: English and How it Got That Way"@en
  • "The Mother Tongue / English and how it got that way"@en

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