Port Out, Starboard Home: The Fascinating Stories We Tell About the words We UsePenguin UK, 1. sep. 2005 - 304 sider Can it really be true that 'golf' stands for 'Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden'? Or that 'rule of thumb' comes from an archaic legal principle that a man may chastise his wife, but only with a rod no thicker than his thumb? |
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Port Out, Starboard Home: The Fascinating Stories We Tell About the Words We Use Michael Quinion Ingen forhåndsvisning tilgjengelig - 2005 |