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10 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 1990 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780062458537
Format: Audio
Language: English
Publisher: HarperAudio
Publication date: 15 December 2015
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How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' become the undisputed global language? How did words like shampoo, sofa and rowdy (and others drawn from over fifty languages) find their way into our di...
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10 hours, 45 minutes • first pub 1990 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780062458537
Format: Audio
Language: English
Publisher: HarperAudio
Publication date: 15 December 2015
Description
How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' become the undisputed global language? How did words like shampoo, sofa and rowdy (and others drawn from over fifty languages) find their way into our di...
Community Reviews
Content Warnings