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ISBN: 9781538770375
ISBN: 9780451488336
Track: 5 - Consumed By the City
" The winner of multiple James Beard and IACP awards
finally stripping away the deliberate exoticism of Orientalist renderings while reclaiming the vitality and delight of the stories
Words from Hell: Unearthing the Darkest Secrets of English Etymology -- Jess Zafarris, Paperback John Reynolds ISBN: 9781538770375The English language is where words go to be tortured and mutilated into unrecognizable shadows of their former selves. It's where Latin, Greek, and Germanic roots are shredded apart and stitched unceremoniously back together with misunderstood snippets of languages snatched from the wreckage of conquest and colonialism. It wreaks merciless havoc upon grammar and spelling. It turns clinical terms into insults and children's tales into filthy
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