Author: Abram Smythe PalmerPublisher:
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Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 700
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Folk-etymology
Author: Abram Smythe PalmerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 700
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Folk-Etymology
Author: A. Smythe PalmerPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781515335504
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 712
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A dictionary of verbal corruptions and words perverted in form or meaning by false derivation or mistaken analogy.
Folk-Etymology; a Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions Or Words Perverted in Form Or Meaning, by False Derivation Or Mistaken Analogy
Author: Abram Smythe PalmerPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385106656
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 694
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
Folk-etymology
Author: A. Smythe PalmerFolk-Etymology
Author: Abram Smythe PalmerPublisher: Nabu Press
ISBN: 9781293388310
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Languages : en
Pages : 640
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Folk-Etymology
Author: Abram Smythe PalmerPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333644109
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 710
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Excerpt from Folk-Etymology: A Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions or Words Perverted in Form or Meaning, by False Derivation or Mistaken Analogy If there's any foreign language [read to them] which can't be explained, I've seen the costers annoyed at it - quite annoyed, says one intimate with their habits in Mayhew's London Labour and the London Poor (vol. I. P. 27 He read to them a portion of a newspaper article in which occurred the words noblesse and qai n'est point noble n'est m'en. I can't tumble to that barrikin [understand that gibberish], said a young fellow, it's a jaw - breaker. Noblesse said another, Blessed if I know what he's up to, and here there was a regular laugh. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Folk-etymology
Author: Abram Smythe PalmerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 664
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Folk-Etymology
Author: Abram Smythe PalmerPublisher: Sagwan Press
ISBN: 9781340282028
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 708
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Folk-etymology
Author: Abram Smythe PalmerFolk-etymology
Author: Abram Smythe PalmerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : English language
Languages : en
Pages : 704
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