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America in So Many Words: Words That Have Shaped America
Allan Metcalf, David K. Barnhart
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| #1892849 in Books | 1997-11-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | .0 x.0 x.0l, | File type: PDF | 308 pages||9 of 9 people found the following review helpful.| An Interesting Perspective On US History|By A Customer|This book gives the historical background of over three hundred words that are in some way uniquely American-born. Boring, you say? Never! The entries are arranged chronologically and include some words that you might suspect (underground railroad, motel) and quite a few that may surprise you (hello, bathtub, bug). Each|.com |Did you know that the word "juke" (as in "jukebox") comes from the West African language Wolof and means "to make mischief"? Or that the slang expression "bogus" reaches as far back as 1797, when it signified a counterfeit coin? Like the country from whic
America in So Many Words presents a unique and fascinating historical view of this country's language. It chronicles, year by year, the contributions we have made to the vocabulary of English and the words we have embraced as the nation has evolved. From canoe (1555), and corn (1608), to newbie (1993), and Ebonics (1997), a prominent word for nearly every year in the history of our nation is analyzed and discussed in its historical context. The result is an engaging surv...
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