Bagels, Bumf, and Buses: A Day in the Life of the English Language
Simon Horobin’s book, Bagels, Bumf, and Buses: A Day in the Life of the English Language, is an entertaining journey into the origin of high-frequency words and the richness of the English tongue. In this wonderfully funny immersion into etymology, the author gives us both the solid knowledge of an...
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| Format: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Jezik: | Anglais |
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Éducation et sociétés plurilingues
2023
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| Online pristup: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Sažetak: | Simon Horobin’s book, Bagels, Bumf, and Buses: A Day in the Life of the English Language, is an entertaining journey into the origin of high-frequency words and the richness of the English tongue. In this wonderfully funny immersion into etymology, the author gives us both the solid knowledge of an Oxford professor and the skills of an entertainer accustomed to addressing broad audiences on the BBC Breakfast TV or Fry’s English Delight, the BBC series about the English language.In his very s... |
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