Bagels bumf & buses : a day in the life of the English language
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Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
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Published
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2019.
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viii, 241 pages ; 23 cm
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English

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Includes indexes.
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Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time. Simon Horobin takes the reader on a journey through a typical day, showing how the words we use to describe routine activities - getting up, going to work, eating meals - have surprisingly fascinating histories.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Horobin, S. (2019). Bagels bumf & buses: a day in the life of the English language (First edition.). Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Horobin, Simon. 2019. Bagels Bumf & Buses: A Day in the Life of the English Language. Oxford University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Horobin, Simon. Bagels Bumf & Buses: A Day in the Life of the English Language Oxford University Press, 2019.

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Horobin, Simon. Bagels Bumf & Buses: A Day in the Life of the English Language First edition., Oxford University Press, 2019.

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