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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/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCSUNaeWdRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--da25ebe89b7cd3e84db9386b34662c5755da85e9/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Mother%20Tongue-%20English%20and%20How%20it%20Got%20That%20Way.jpg)
288 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780241130483
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publication date: 17 September 1990
Description
From its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation; Bryson covers all this as well as the many curious ecc...
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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/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaHBCSUNaeWdRPSIsImV4cCI6bnVsbCwicHVyIjoiYmxvYl9pZCJ9fQ==--da25ebe89b7cd3e84db9386b34662c5755da85e9/eyJfcmFpbHMiOnsibWVzc2FnZSI6IkJBaDdCem9MWm05eWJXRjBTU0lJYW5CbkJqb0dSVlE2RkhKbGMybDZaVjkwYjE5c2FXMXBkRnNIYVFJc0FXa0M5QUU9IiwiZXhwIjpudWxsLCJwdXIiOiJ2YXJpYXRpb24ifX0=--038335c90cf75c275ae4d36968ac417dc4a0a3e3/The%20Mother%20Tongue-%20English%20and%20How%20it%20Got%20That%20Way.jpg)
288 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9780241130483
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Hamish Hamilton Ltd
Publication date: 17 September 1990
Description
From its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation; Bryson covers all this as well as the many curious ecc...