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![The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson](https://rwszupzmsadbjqghhiwjxwntmpecjm.thestorygraph.com/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCQ091cGdRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--5ec456a33cd4fb6b92664d12ec240f917f61b7d3/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/51ENb9L+s1L._SL350_.jpg)
270 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781439505854
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Paw Prints
Publication date: 26 June 2008
Description
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson—the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent—brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx i...
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![The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way by Bill Bryson](https://rwszupzmsadbjqghhiwjxwntmpecjm.thestorygraph.com/rails/active_storage/representations/redirect/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCQ091cGdRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--5ec456a33cd4fb6b92664d12ec240f917f61b7d3/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/51ENb9L+s1L._SL350_.jpg)
270 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781439505854
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Paw Prints
Publication date: 26 June 2008
Description
With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson—the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent—brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx i...