Wordplay : origins, meanings, and usage of the English language / Robertson Cochrane ; [foreword by Laurence Urdang]
Folk etymology, that charming process of word formation that substitutes a familiar sound or idea for an archaic one ('rod-iron' for wrought iron), has worked overtime in our fields, forests, and gardens. Samuel Johnson and a lot of others thought gooseberry derived naturally from the fact...
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℗♭1996.
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