Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins (Perennial Library) Trade paperback - 1905
by Charles Earle Funk
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- Paperback
English has hundreds of everyday words that originated or acquired their meanings in unusual ways. Dictionaries don't have the space to tell all the mysteries but Dr. Funk, with humor and insight, tells the strange and intriguing stories of hundreds of words and how they came to be a part of the language.
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- Title Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins (Perennial Library)
- Author Charles Earle Funk
- Binding Trade Paperback
- Edition Later Printing
- Condition Used - Acceptable
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Harper Paperbacks, New York
- Date January 1905
- Features Index
- Bookseller's Inventory # 116764
- ISBN 9780062720498 / 006272049X
- Weight 0.5 lbs (0.23 kg)
- Dimensions 8.01 x 5.33 x 0.78 in (20.35 x 13.54 x 1.98 cm)
- Dewey Decimal Code 422
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From the rear cover
The Greek root of school means leisure.
A language where hearse and rehearse have the same root and the word dunce comes from a great philosopher, English has hundreds of every day words that originated or acquired their meaning in unusual ways. Dictionaries don't have the space to tell us all the mysteries, but now Dr. Funk, with humor and insight, tells us the strange and intriguing stories of hundreds of words and how they came to be a part of our language.