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Gallimaufry
Michael Quinion
其他書名
A Hodgepodge of Our Vanishing Vocabulary
出版Oxford University Press, 2006
主題Language Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Spelling & VocabularyLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / Etymology
ISBN01986106299780198610625
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=fZdiAAAAMAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋When did you last hear someone refer to the wireless? What was the original paraphernalia? Would you wear a billycock?
Language is always changing, and in Gallimaufry: A Hodge-Podge of Words Vanishing from Our Vocabulary Michael Quinion has gathered together some fascinating examples of words and meanings which have vanished from our language. Sometimes a word is lost when the thing it describes becomes obsolete, sometimes it survives in a figurative sense while the original meaning is lost, and sometimes it simply gives way to a more popular alternative. The story of these and many other words opens a window into the lives of past speakers of the English language.