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020			_a9780140143058
037			_cGifted _nUnknown
041			_aEnglish
082			_a420.9 _bBRY/MO
100			_aBryson,Bill
245			_aMOTHER TONGUE : Emglish Language
250			_a1
260			_aNew York _bPenguin Books _c1990
300			_g270
500			_a 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.
650			_aLanguage
650			_aEnglish & Old English languages
650			_aEnglish and Old English (Anglo-Saxon)
650			_aHistory, geographic treatment, biography
942			_cLEN
942			_2ddc
999			_c196247 _d196247