Wordwatching: Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist by Julian Burnside

Wordwatching: Field Notes from an Amateur Philologist

Julian Burnside

352 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
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Comprising many essays, dealing with a vast array of subjects as diverse as deadlines, fancy words, the problems with ‘issue’, odd sounds, oxymorons, and the fallacy of ‘wading in’, Wordwatching is a fascinating demonstration of the power and t...

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