What Made The Crocodile Cry?: 101 questions about the English language by Susie Dent

What Made The Crocodile Cry?: 101 questions about the English language

Susie Dent

176 pages first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction funny informative medium-paced
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The Blackout Crew have a song with the title 'Put a donk on it' - but what is a 'donk'? Which ending came first: '-ise' or '-ize'? Where does the idea of a 'white elephant' come from? Who decides on the collective noun for something? And what is i...

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