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Overview"For anyone who has ever had a question about the English language, this book should prove amusing. Based on letters to the ""Oxford Word and Language Service"", it deals with hundreds of notes and queries from the everyday to the bizarre, including sections on ""What is the origin of ...?"", ""Is this correct?"", ""What does this mean?"" and ""Is there a word for ...?""." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Jeremy Marshall , Fred McDonaldPublisher: Oxford University Press Imprint: Oxford University Press Dimensions: Width: 13.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.384kg ISBN: 9780198692300ISBN 10: 0198692307 Pages: 197 Publication Date: 01 October 1994 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationAbout the Editors: Jeremy Marshall and Mrs. Fred McDonald are experienced lexicographers who, in addition to their work on The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, are both long-standing contributors to the Oxford Word and Language Service. Excerpt Q In my business I use large catering packs of flour, which have the word ENDOLETED on the label. I would very much like to know what it means. You probably won't like to know; this is one of those occasions when 'ignorance is bliss'. Flour that has been endoleted has been spun in a large drum with ridges on the inside surface, in order to break up any insect eggs and prevent them from hatching out while the flour is in storage. Bon appetit! Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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