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A Certain 'Je ne Sais Quoi': Words We Pinched from Other Languages
A Certain 'Je ne Sais Quoi' Words We Pinched from Other Languages
Author: Chloe Rhodes
English as we know it today is enriched with many borrowings and influences from other languages. Aficionado, chutzpah, pro bono, hoi polloi, ketchup, nous, zeitgeist - we use these foreign words every day without thinking of their origins, but what do they actually mean? And just how and why did we English speakers absorb such exotic imports? E...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781843173649
ISBN-10: 1843173646
Publication Date: 9/10/2009
Pages: 176
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Publisher: Michael O'Mara Books Ltd
Book Type: Hardcover
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