Who Put the Butter in Butterfly? - And Other Fearless Investigations Into Our Illogical Language

Informationen zum Autor David Feldman is the author of ten previous volumes of Imponderables ® . He has a master's degree in popular culture from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and consults and lectures on the media. He lives in New York City. Klappentext Bestselling author and pop-culture pundit David Feldman demystifies our language's most curious cliches and quips. From cooties and mugwumps to Ps and Qs and Peeping Tom, this is a doozie of a diversion. Zusammenfassung Bestselling author and pop-culture pundit David Feldman demystifies our language's most curious cliches and quips. From cooties and mugwumps to Ps and Qs and Peeping Tom! this is a doozie of a diversion.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: David Feldman, Feldman David
• Verlag: Harper Perennial USA
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 19.06.1992
• EAN: 9780060916619
• ISBN: 978-0-06-091661-9
• Seiten: 224
• Themen: Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Allgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft; Ratgeber > Hobby, Haus > Spielen, Raten; Sachbuch > Lexika, Nachschlagewerke > Lexika, Enzyklopädien; Science Fiction, Fantasy, History, Popular Culture, Humour, History of Science, Sport: general, Communication Studies, Social and cultural history, Language: reference and general, Language learning: grammar, vocabulary and pronunciation, Society and culture: general, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Gender studies: women and girls, Trivia and quiz questions, Contains explicit or offensive material or content, Language: history and general works, Miscellanies and compendia, Historical and comparative linguistics, HISTORY: WORLD, HISTORY: 20TH CENTURY AMERICAN, HUMOR: Topic / Sports, HISTORY: AMERICAN, HISTORY: MILITARY, REFERENCE: Questions & Answers, HISTORY: 21ST CENTURY AMERICAN, HUMOR: Topic / Adult, REFERENCE: Curiosities & Wonders, HUMOR: Topic / Celebrity & Popular Culture