Word Routes

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Neither a straighforward dictionary of etymology nor a linear history of language, Word Routes is an entertaining alphabetical guide to the stories behind many everyday words.

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"Both informative and entertaininga linguistic 'Call my Bluff' in which the oddest explanations often turn out to be the truth." "Good Book Guide""
"Both informative and entertaining--a linguistic 'Call my Bluff' in which the oddest explanations often turn out to be the truth." --"Good Book Guide"

Author Bio

ALEXANDER TULLOCH is a writer, linguist and translator. He has lectured on Russian Literature for almost thirty years, and has published articles on the history of language, as well as translations of the work of Gogol and Alarcon.