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The Last Word: More Words We Use
Based on the much-loved Irish Times column and written in the author's witty style, The Last Word is the final work to come from the pen of this distinguished lexicographer. Some of these words are on the verge of extinction; many of them are dialect words. All are worthy of collection in case they soon join the words classed in dictionaries as obsolete.
304 pages, Hardcover
First published October 11, 2013
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July 6, 2016
Words fail me; I really cannot express the quality of this book. In front of me is a list of some thirty or so books that I want to read that have been extracted from this.
Why am I so enthralled? Because this is a book of almost and extinct words and traces them back to their roots. While a number of the words are now considered obsolete, you will be surprised by the number you use without realising.
Goodreads could not pull me away from this, but now I'm back! Read this if you truly love words.
Why am I so enthralled? Because this is a book of almost and extinct words and traces them back to their roots. While a number of the words are now considered obsolete, you will be surprised by the number you use without realising.
Goodreads could not pull me away from this, but now I'm back! Read this if you truly love words.
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