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13 produkter
From Skedaddle to Selfie
Words of the Generations
E-bok, 2015
126 kr
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From baby boomers with ''groovy'' and ''yuppie,'' to Generation X with ''whatever'' and ''like,'' each generation inevitably comes to use certain words that are particular to its unique time in history. Those words not only tell us a great deal about the people in those generations, but highlight …
The Life of Guy
Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the Unlikely History of an Indispensable Word
Inbunden, 2019
225 kr
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Had you said "What a guy!" in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder Treason Plot. How times have changed! In America and, indeed, most of the English-speaking world, "guy" is so embedded in daily speech that we scarcely …
Life of Guy
Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the Unlikely History of an Indispensable Word
E-bok, 2019
151 kr
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Had you said "What a guy!" in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder Treason Plot. How times have changed! In America and, indeed, most of the English-speaking world, "guy" is so embedded in daily speech that we scarcely …
Life of Guy
Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the Unlikely History of an Indispensable Word
E-bok, 2019
151 kr
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Had you said "What a guy!" in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder Treason Plot. How times have changed! In America and, indeed, most of the English-speaking world, "guy" is so embedded in daily speech that we scarcely …
OK
The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
Inbunden, 2011
334 kr
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It is said to be the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, more common than an infant's first word ma or the ever-present beverage Coke. It was even the first word spoken on the moon. It is OK - the most ubiquitous and invisible of American expressions, one used countless times …
OK
The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
E-bok, 2010
114 kr
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It is said to be the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, more common than an infant''s first word ma or the ever-present beverage Coke . It was even the first word spoken on the moon. It is "OK"--the most ubiquitous and invisible of American expressions, one used countless times …
OK
The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
E-bok, 2010
114 kr
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It is said to be the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, more common than an infant''s first word ma or the ever-present beverage Coke . It was even the first word spoken on the moon. It is "OK"--the most ubiquitous and invisible of American expressions, one used countless times …
OK
The Improbable Story of America's Greatest Word
Häftad, 2012
227 kr
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It is said to be the most frequently spoken (or typed) word on the planet, more common than an infant's first word ma or the ever-present beverage Coke. It was even the first word spoken on the moon. It is "OK"--the most ubiquitous and invisible of American expressions, one used countless times …
From Skedaddle to Selfie
Words of the Generations
Inbunden, 2016
182 kr
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From baby boomers with 'groovy' and 'yuppie' to Generation X with 'whatever' and 'like,' each generation inevitably generates original words that come out of its social and historical context. Those words not only tell us a great deal about the people in those generations, but also highlight the …
From Skedaddle to Selfie
Words of the Generations
E-bok, 2015
126 kr
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From baby boomers with ''groovy'' and ''yuppie,'' to Generation X with ''whatever'' and ''like,'' each generation inevitably comes to use certain words that are particular to its unique time in history. Those words not only tell us a great deal about the people in those generations, but highlight …
America in So Many Words: Words That Have Shaped America
Av Allan Metcalf, David K. Barnhart
Häftad, 2010
212 kr
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Predicting New Words
Häftad, 2004
167 kr
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Have you ever aspired to gain linguistic immortality by making up a word? Many people - such famous writers as Jonathan Swift, Lewis Carroll, and Dr. Seuss, along with many lesser-known - have coined new words that have endured. But most of the new words people put forward fail to find favour. Why …
Presidential Voices
Speaking Styles from George Washington to George W. Bush
Häftad, 2004
218 kr
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