Susie Dent's Weird Words by Susie Dent (9781407137025)

Description - Susie Dent's Weird Words by Susie Dent

Susie Dent is here to take children on a rip-roaring tour through
some of the most astonishing, amusing and sometimes quite revolting
backgrounds of English words.
Did you know, for instance, that 'fizzle' originally meant to break
wind silently? Over time, it came to describe a weak, spluttering,
hissing sound. And you might think that 'ain't' isn't a word
you should use, but it is thought the word was once used by kings
and queens. As Susie Dent knows, even the most ordinary-sounding
word can have the most extraordinary story behind it.

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