Bagels, Bumf, and Buses
A Day in the Life of the English Language
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book explores the fascinating origins of the words and phrases that we use every day. Simon Horobin takes the reader through a typical day's activities - waking up, eating meals, going to work - and looks at the etymology of the words we use to...
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This book explores the fascinating origins of the words and phrases that we use every day. Simon Horobin takes the reader through a typical day's activities - waking up, eating meals, going to work - and looks at the etymology of the words we use to describe them, as well as how their meanings have changed over time.
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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.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Bagels, Bumf, and Buses “
- Starting the Day
- 1: Getting up
- 2: Breakfasting
- 3: Getting dressed
- 4: Commuting
- Work
- 5: The office
- 6: Law and Order
- 7: Politics
- 8: Religion
- 9: Health services
- 10: Parenting
- Eating and drinking
- 11: Breaktimes
- 12: Mealtimes
- 13: Eating out
- Sport and leisure
- 14: Sport
- 15: Animals
- Evening
- 16: Going out
- 17: Drinking
- 18: Staying in
Autoren-Porträt von Simon Horobin
Simon Horobin is Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Magdalen College. He is the author of The English Language: A Very Short Introduction (OUP, 2018), How English Became English (OUP, 2016), and Does Spelling Matter? (OUP, 2013). He has appeared as an English language expert on radio and television programmes such as Radio 2's Jeremy Vine Show and Radio 4's Stephen Fry's English Delight.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Simon Horobin
- 2019, 256 Seiten, Masse: 14,4 x 23,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0198832273
- ISBN-13: 9780198832270
- Erscheinungsdatum: 24.02.2020
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
if you've ever wished, "If only the OED were organized categorically instead of alphabetically," then your wish has been granted in the form of Bagels, Bumf, and Busses: A Day in the Life of the English Language. Amateur etymologists will rejoice and enjoy this book Timothy Esposito, past president of the STC Philadelphia Metro Chapter., Technical Communication
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