Title Wordwatching : field notes from an amateur philologist / Julian Burnside

Edition Revised and expanded edition Published Melbourne, Vic. : Scribe, 2004

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Description 234 pages ; 21 cm Contents 1. All's well that ends -al -- 2. Beastly words -- 3. Black holes -- 4. Bushrangers -- 5. Cacophemious -- C. Change #1 -- 7. Change #2 -- 8. Change #3 -- 9. Collective nouns -- 10. The development of language -- 11. Documents -- 12. Doublespeak -- 13. Fading distinctions -- 14. Fossils -- 15. Haitch -- 16. Harmless drudges -- 17. Holy wars -- 18. Idiom -- 19. Irony -- 20. Legal words -- 21. Little orphans -- 22. Mistaken meanings -- 23. Naughty words -- 24. New words -- 25. Nice distinctions -- 26. Obscene words -- 27. Odd connections #1 -- 28. Odd connections #2 -- 29. Odds and ends -- 30. Romantic origins -- 31. Self-contraditing words -- 32. She/He/They -- 33. Shifting sands -- 34. Slang #1 -- 35. Slang #2 -- 36. Strange beginnings -- 37. Strange plurals -- 38. Terminal prepositions -- 39. Vestigal remains Summary Use of the English language Analysis English language (Australia) Notes Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Subject English language -- Usage. English language -- Roots. LC no. 00002615 ISBN 1920769382

Other Titles Word watching Word watching

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