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Author Elster, Charles Harrington.

Title What in the word? : wordplay, word lore, and answers to the peskiest questions about language / Charles Harrington Elster.

Imprint Orlando, Fla. : Harcourt, Inc., c2005.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Pittsburg 2nd Fl Non-Fiction  422 Els    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xvi, 286 p. ; 21 cm.
Note A Harvest original.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-273) and index.
Subject English language -- Etymology.
English language -- Usage.
English language -- Style.
Play on words.
Americanisms.
ISBN 0156031973 (pbk.)
9780156031974

 
    
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