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Lost in Translation: An Illustrated Compendium of Untranslatable Words from Around the World
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Vulgar Tongues: An Alternative History of Slang
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What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
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The Horologicon: A Day's Jaunt Through the Lost Words of the English Language
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In the Land of Invented Languages: Adventures in Linguistic Creativity, Madness, and Genius
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Let's Bring Back: The Lost Language Edition: A Collection of Forgotten-Yet-Delightful Words, Phrases, Praises, Insults, Idioms, and Literary Flourishes from Eras Past
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Wordcatcher: An Odyssey into the World of Weird and Wonderful Words
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Words in Time and Place: Exploring Language Through the Historical Thesaurus of the Oxford English Dictionary
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The Emoji Code: The Linguistics Behind Smiley Faces and Scaredy Cats
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Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language
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Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still
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Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries
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The Illustrated Book of Sayings: Curious Expressions from Around the World
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In Praise of Profanity
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Will's Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk
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From Skedaddle to Selfie: Words of the Generations
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Sequoyah and His Talking Leaves: A Play about the Cherokee Syllabary
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The Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang
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Bad English: A History of Linguistic Aggravation
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Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling
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Word Myths: Debunking Linguistic Urban Legends
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Alphabetical Order
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Righting the Mother Tongue: From Olde English to Email, the Tangled Story of English Spelling
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Do You Speak American?
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There's a Word for It: The Explosion of the American Language Since 1900
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Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World
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The Last Speakers: The Quest to Save the World's Most Endangered Languages
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Divided by a Common Language: A Guide to British and American English
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