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With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. by Bill Bryson. Author Bill Bryson. - David Crystal. Presenting a tour of English from its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation, this book covers curious eccentricities that make it as maddening to learn and as flexible to use.

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Bill Bryson's classicMother Tongueis a highly readable and hilarious tale of how English came to be the world's language. 'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...' Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation, Bryson covers all this as well as the many curious eccentricities that make it as maddening to learn as it is flexible to use. Bill Bryson's classic Mother Tongue is a highly readable and hilarious tale of how English came to be the world's language. %%%'More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to...' Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongrel origins to its status as the world's most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its deceptive complexity; its vibrant swearing to its uncertain spelling and pronunciation, Bryson covers all this as well as the many curious eccentricities that make it as maddening to learn as it is flexible to use. Bill Bryson's classic Mother Tongue is a highly readable and hilarious tale of how English came to be the world's language.

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Book TitleMother Tongue: the Story of the English Language
AuthorBill Bryson
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2009
GenreHumor
Number of Pages288 Pages

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  • by 7swC-RhHTci@Deleted
    18 Sep, 2019

    Laugh out load, funny on a serious subject.

    For English people who love being "English" but hate to admit it. Laugh out load funny in places, touches nerves in others.. A book for the "told you so lover". Helps explain to English people why they are afraid to be "English" and proud.

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    08 Oct, 2021

    An excellent read

    A good Bill Bryson book as always.

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    ok

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