Bagels, Bumf, and Buses: A Day in the Life of the English Language by Simon Horobin

Bagels, Bumf, and Buses: A Day in the Life of the English Language

Simon Horobin

256 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction informative slow-paced
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Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have chan...

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