Winged WordsHamilton, 1988 - 292 pagini |
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... called Brownie points either . As it happens there is another explanation of Brownies or Brownie points . This goes that around the turn of the century a superintendent of the Pullman Car Company called Brown instituted a system of ...
... called Brownie points either . As it happens there is another explanation of Brownies or Brownie points . This goes that around the turn of the century a superintendent of the Pullman Car Company called Brown instituted a system of ...
Pagina 248
... called Teddies . They disliked the nickname as much as Sammies , and it was soon dropped . But this was clearly another eponymous reference to Roosevelt . Ezra Pound , in a letter dated 25 August 1917 : ' The Morning Chronicle assures ...
... called Teddies . They disliked the nickname as much as Sammies , and it was soon dropped . But this was clearly another eponymous reference to Roosevelt . Ezra Pound , in a letter dated 25 August 1917 : ' The Morning Chronicle assures ...
Pagina 254
... called palgrayv ; other Palgraves prefer pawlgrayv . Some people called Onions pronounce their name like the vegetable ( as did the great C. T. Onions , philologist , grammar- ian , and editor of the Oxford English Dictionary ) ; others ...
... called palgrayv ; other Palgraves prefer pawlgrayv . Some people called Onions pronounce their name like the vegetable ( as did the great C. T. Onions , philologist , grammar- ian , and editor of the Oxford English Dictionary ) ; others ...
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academic acronym adjective adverb American auto-antonyms band-wagon become better Bible bird British English Brownie called century classics cliché coined collision common cowboy describe Dictionary editor English language eponymous etymology example fashionable free lunch French fudge grammar gravy train Greek hope hopefully hype idiolect idiom Indian English ivory tower jargon journalists journos lady Latin linguistic living look Lord marbles mean metaphor modern Naafi naff never nice noun origin Oxford Oxford English Dictionary paradox Pathetic Fallacy person Phil Mahre phrase political politicians popular prodigal pronounced pronunciation quotation quotes Received Pronunciation recent refer reflexive reflexive pronouns rubbish sengreen sense sentence silly slang social sounds spelling Teddy television term Thatcher thing tion Tommy Handley translation twerp unicorn United Kingdom usage verb vocabulary vogue wally weasel word White Knight woman write wrong wrote
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