With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Brysonthe acclaimed author of The Lost Continentbrilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world's largest growth industries
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With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Brysonthe acclaimed author of The Lost Continentbrilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world's largest growth industries
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Bryson gives an informative, light-hearted view of our crazy language and how it evolved and is still evolving today.
Well worth the time and effort to read.
Shasta
Aug 18, 2007
Bill's tongue and ours
Bill Bryson is not just a writer but a former newspaperman. He brings a journalist's eye to what he writes about and is not afraid of facts and figures. He takes the history of the English language and makes it interesting. This isn't a scholarly journal filled with phrases and abbreviations only known to graduate students. It is very readable and understandable and when you're finished, you feel you've learned something in an enjoyable way.
