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Bagels bumf & buses : a day in the life of the English language / Simon Horobin.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: First editionDescription: viii, 241 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780198832270
  • 0198832273
Other title:
  • Bagels bumf and buses
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Electronic version:: Bagels bumf & buses.DDC classification:
  • 420 H78 2019
Contents:
Preface -- Part I: Starting the day. Getting up -- Breakfasting -- Getting dressed -- Commuting -- Part II: Work. The office -- Law and order -- Politics -- The church -- Health services -- Parenting -- Part III: Eating & drinking. Breaktimes -- Mealtimes -- Eating out -- Part IV: Sport & leisure. Sports -- Animals -- Part V: Evening. Going out -- Drinking -- Staying in.
Summary: Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. Simon Horobin takes the reader on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words we use to describe routine activities - getting up, going to work, eating meals - have surprisingly fascinating histories.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 207-208) and indexes.

Preface -- Part I: Starting the day. Getting up -- Breakfasting -- Getting dressed -- Commuting -- Part II: Work. The office -- Law and order -- Politics -- The church -- Health services -- Parenting -- Part III: Eating & drinking. Breaktimes -- Mealtimes -- Eating out -- Part IV: Sport & leisure. Sports -- Animals -- Part V: Evening. Going out -- Drinking -- Staying in.

Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. Simon Horobin takes the reader on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words we use to describe routine activities - getting up, going to work, eating meals - have surprisingly fascinating histories.

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