Brent's votes on the list Delicacies of English Language History

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1	The Life of Guy: Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the Unlikely History of an Indispensable Word by Allan A. Metcalf 3.51 avg rating — 47 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
2	Vulgar Tongues by Max Décharné 3.12 avg rating — 141 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
3	Forgotten English: A Merry Guide to Antiquated Words, Packed with History, Fun Facts, Literary Excerpts, and Charming Drawings by Jeffrey Kacirk 3.69 avg rating — 215 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
4	The Story of English: Companion to the PBS TV Series by Robert McCrum 4.09 avg rating — 2,404 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
5	The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary by John Simpson 3.84 avg rating — 475 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
6	Words on the Move: Why English Won't—and Can't—Sit Still by John McWhorter 4.14 avg rating — 1,950 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
7	Spell It Out: The Curious, Enthralling and Extraordinary Story of English Spelling by David Crystal 3.95 avg rating — 906 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
8	The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 3.84 avg rating — 121,744 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
9	Accidence Will Happen: A Recovering Pedant's Guide to English Language and Style by Oliver Kamm 3.66 avg rating — 190 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
10	Lexicon: American Style 2: Exercising Our English Language, Our 'Flexicon' by Patrick Ragains (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
11	You've Got Ketchup on Your Muumuu: An A--to--Z Guide to English Words from Around the World by Eugene Ehrlich really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
12	Let's Talk: How English Conversation Works by David Crystal 3.58 avg rating — 78 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
13	The American Language by H.L. Mencken 4.12 avg rating — 552 ratings	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
14	Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 12,491 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
15	Every Word Is a Bird We Teach to Sing: Encounters with the Mysteries and Meanings of Language by Daniel Tammet (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 791 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
16	What the F: What Swearing Reveals About Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves by Benjamin K. Bergen 3.75 avg rating — 1,764 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
17	Going Nucular: Language, Politics and Culture in Confrontational Times by Geoffrey Nunberg 3.85 avg rating — 231 ratings Brent rated it 4 stars See Review	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
18	The Message in the Bottle: How Queer Man Is, How Queer Language Is, and What One Has to Do with the Other by Walker Percy 4.05 avg rating — 584 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
19	Real Country: Music and Language in Working-Class Culture by Aaron A. Fox 3.70 avg rating — 100 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
20	The Way We Talk Now by Geoffrey Nunberg 3.52 avg rating — 198 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
21	Spinglish: The Definitive Dictionary of Deliberately Deceptive Language by Henry N. Beard 3.91 avg rating — 70 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
22	Swearing Is Good for You: The Amazing Science of Bad Language by Emma Byrne (Goodreads Author) 3.48 avg rating — 2,035 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
23	A World Without "Whom": The Essential Guide to Language in the BuzzFeed Age by Emmy J. Favilla 3.72 avg rating — 490 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
24	Language, Thought, and Reality: Selected Writings of Benjamin Lee Whorf by Benjamin Lee Whorf 3.96 avg rating — 361 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
25	The Language of the Blues: From Alcorub to Zuzu by Debra Devi 3.88 avg rating — 51 ratings Brent added it to currently-reading See Review	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
26	Race, Language, and Culture by Franz Boas 3.93 avg rating — 133 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
27	How to Swear: An Illustrated Guide by Stephen Wildish 3.80 avg rating — 287 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
28	Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing by Melissa Mohr (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 2,306 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
29	I Love it When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech by Ralph Keyes 3.46 avg rating — 286 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
30	How Not to Write: The Essential Misrules of Grammar by William Safire 3.78 avg rating — 174 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
31	Will's Words: How William Shakespeare Changed the Way You Talk by Jane Sutcliffe (Goodreads Author) 4.21 avg rating — 434 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
32	ElderSpeak: A Thesaurus or Compendium of Words Related to Old Age by James L. Reynolds 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
33	They Have a Word for It: A Lighthearted Lexicon of Untranslatable Words & Phrases by Howard Rheingold (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 318 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
34	The Story of And: The Little Word That Changed the World by Sandy Eisenberg Sasso (Goodreads Author) 3.49 avg rating — 61 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
35	Anti-Racism (Words of Change series): Powerful Voices, Inspiring Ideas by Kenrya Rankin (Goodreads Author) 4.27 avg rating — 103 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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
36	Caring for Words in a Culture of Lies by Marilyn Chandler McEntyre (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 645 ratings Brent added it to to-read See Review	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