A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi: Words We Pinched from Other Languages by Chloe Rhodes

A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi: Words We Pinched from Other Languages

Chloe Rhodes

176 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction reference funny informative lighthearted fast-paced
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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 wha...

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