Alex Games: Kick the Bucket and Swing the Cat

Cover: 9781846076107 | Kick the Bucket and Swing the Cat | Alex Games | Taschenbuch | 2008

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Kick the Bucket and Swing the Cat takes a humorous tour through the fascinating sometimes tragic and often surprising history of the English language and its etymology.

Author humorist and word-sleuth Alex Games uncovers the trends innovations and scandals that have shaped the meanings of our most popular words and expressions from Chaucer to Internet jargon and Ancient Greek to American slang. Who was the original Jack the Lad Gordon Bennett or Bloody Mary? Where do dodgy geezers and hooligans come from? What are skeldering dithering and sabre-rattling?

This amusing but rigorously researched account of English words and their origins combines the findings of the major BBC TV series and the nationwide Wordhunt and is an entertaining treasure trove for English-language lovers everywhere.

Über den Autor

Alex Games wrote the original Balderdash & Piffle which became an instant bestseller on publication in January 2006. He has written for most of the slightly posher newspapers, and in a brief stint as a gadget columnist he was responsible for reviewing some of the most inexpensive items ever to appear in the Financial Times. As well as writing comedy for BBC Radio 1 and 4, Alex has written biographies of Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, and Alan Bennett.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2008
Genre:	Importe
Rubrik:	Sprachwissenschaft
Medium:	Taschenbuch
ISBN-13:	9781846076107
ISBN-10:	1846076102
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Games, Alex
Hersteller:	BBC Books
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	198 x 126 x 32 mm
Von/Mit:	Alex Games
Erscheinungsdatum:	06.11.2008
Gewicht:	0,628 kg