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	Damp Squid: The English Language Laid Bare 3.51 avg rating — 156 ratings — published 2008 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Oxford A-Z of English Usage 4.10 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2007 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary

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Jeremy Butterfield rated a book it was amazing The Skeleton Road (Inspector Karen Pirie, #3) by Val McDermid	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Classic McDermid, creating three-dimensional characters, esp. Karen Pirie, and, in this case, interweaving three plot lines with immense skill. Not to mention her trademark use of metaphor-rich language and perfect pitch for dialogue.
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This was just too horribly gruesome for me. I couldn't really see that the female character was so psychologically damaged she could do all the vile things she did. Cummins writes well - though if I read her using he/she 'stilled' again, I'll scream. ...more
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What can I say? It's Rankin and it's Rebus. The plot line has more extraordinary twists and turns than you can shake a stick at, some slightly predictable, most less so. The range of locations was hugely varied, taking in several disparate Edinburgh ...more
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Having read Mark Billingham's two latest, I wanted to go back to the beginning to find out more about DI Tom Thorne, who quite intrigues me. I had my own mental image of him, but from Sleepyhead I find it doesn't agree with the 'reality'. Anyway, tha ...more
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“Life has no meaning. Each of us has meaning and we bring it to life. It is a waste to be asking the question when you are the answer.”
― Joseph Campbell

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“The Glasgow accent was so strong you could have built a bridge with it and known it would outlast the civilization that spawned it”
― Val McDermid

tags: accents, glasgow, scottish

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