Nancy S. (NanPeg) reviewed Thereby Hangs A Tale - Stories Of Curious Word Origins on + 8 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 3
Gives history of American phrases. Great for word-lovers and those who wonder just where certain common phrases originated.
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Helpful Score: 3
Though Charles Funk wrote this in 1950, it's filled with still current (2007) words and their origins. Should be interesting to all couch potato/bathroom reading etymologists.
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Helpful Score: 2
This book gives the origins of many words and is very interesting.