TITLE:
The word detective : searching for the meaning of it all at the Oxford English dictionary, a memoir / John Simpson.
By:
Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
New York : Basic books,
Physical Description:
xvi, 364 p.
Summary:
Can you drink a glass of balderdash? What do you call the part of a dog's back it can't scratch? And if, serendipitously, you find yourself in Serendip, then where exactly are you? The answers to all of these questions and a great many more can be found in the pages of the Oxford English Dictionary, the definitive record of the English language.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780465060696
