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Gallimaufry Michael Quinion

Gallimaufry par Michael Quinion

Gallimaufry Michael Quinion


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Résumé

Looks at words which have vanished from English and offers insights into the lives and beliefs of the past from an unexpected angle. This book examines how the words we no longer use reflect how life has changed in that area, from food we no longer eat to clothes we no longer wear.

Gallimaufry Résumé

Gallimaufry: A Hodge-podge of Our Vanishing Vocabulary Michael Quinion

What is a gallimaufry anyway? And when did you last hear someone refer to the wireless? What was the original paraphernalia? Would you wear a billycock? Language is always changing, and here Michael Quinion, author of the bestselling POSH and other language myths , has gathered together some fascinating examples of words and meanings which have vanished from our language. Sometimes a word is lost when the thing it describes becomes obsolete, sometimes it survives in a figurative sense while the original meaning is lost, and sometimes it simply gives way to a more popular alternative. The story of these and many other words opens a window into the lives of past speakers of the English language.

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"Michael Quinion, word scholar par excellence, provides an entertaining and informative look at many wonderful words and phrases that have mostly gone by the boards."--Daniel Boice, Catholic Library World

"Michael Quinion, word scholar par excellence, provides an entertaining and informative look at many wonderful words and phrases that have mostly gone by the boards."--Daniel Boice, Catholic Library World


"Michael Quinion, word scholar par excellence, provides an entertaining and informative look at many wonderful words and phrases that have mostly gone by the boards."--Daniel Boice, Catholic Library World


À propos de Michael Quinion


Michael Quinion is a professional writer who has written widely on the English language. He was a co-author of the second edition of the Oxford Dictionary of New Words and the author of Ologies and Isms. He also manages and writes for his own web site World Wide Words, launched in 1997.

Sommaire

FOOD AND DRINK; Of messes in pots; Sugar and spice and all things nice; Skilligalee and boiled babies; Fruits of grain and grape; Below-stairs life; HEALTH AND MEDICINE; Potions and curatives; Caudles, cordials, and possets; The parlance of physicians; Diseases and conditions; ENTERTAINMENT AND LEISURE; Games with cards; Games with things; Outdoor games; Invitation to a dance; The food of love; Of thimbleriggers and joculators; Natural magic; TRANSPORT AND FASHION; Your carriage awaits; Ruffs and cuffs and farthingales and things; Cloth of ages; Wigs on the green; Get ahead, get a hat; NAMES, EMPLOYMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS; What's in a name; Obscure occupations; The long and the short of it; Can you hear me, mother?; Going, going ... gone?; EPILOGUE; Words that never made it; INDEX OF FEATURED WORDS

Informations supplémentaires

GOR001441496
9780198610625
0198610629
Gallimaufry: A Hodge-podge of Our Vanishing Vocabulary Michael Quinion
Occasion - Très bon état
Relié
Oxford University Press
2006-09-14
288
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