Fr. 20.20

Philip Dodd

What's in a Name? - From Joseph P. Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi, How Everyday Items Were Named

English · Paperback / Softback

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Description

An entertaining study of the vagaries of the English language looks at the history of some of our most unusual eponymous words, furnishing profiles of the individuals--from the fields of art, science, history, and more--who have lent their names to a variety of colorful words. Originally published as The Reverend Guppy's Aquarium . Reprint.

Product details

Authors	Philip Dodd
Publisher	Gotham Books

Languages	English
Age Recommendation	from age 18
Product format	Paperback / Softback
Released	16.01.2009

EAN	9781592404322
ISBN	978-1-59240-432-2
Dimensions	134 mm x 204 mm x 17 mm
Subject	Fiction > Comic, cartoon, humour, satire

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