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Bryson covers the entire history of language, from the first crude murmurings of Neanderthal man thirty thousand years ago to the explosion of English as a global language in this century We learn why island, freight, and colonel are spelled in such patently unphonetic ways, and four has a u in it but forty does not A couple of quotes: Any language where the unassuming word fly signifies an annoying insect, a means of travel, and a critical part ISBN10: 0965316599 ISBN13: 9780965316590 Material Type: hardcover
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