Port out, starboard home : and other language myths
Quinion, Michael2004
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Place reservation for Port out, starboard home : and other language mythsIn this entertaining and fascinating text on the origins of words and expressions, Michael Quinion retells the mythic tales that have become popular currency and tries to find and explain the true stories behind the origins of phrases.
Main title:
Port out, starboard home : and other language myths / Michael Quinion.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2004.
Collation:
xvi, 282 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Bibliography: p. 279-280.
ISBN:
01405153489780140515343
Dewey class:
422808421
Local class:
422423
Language:
English
BRN:
389870
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