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from fuzzi
A non-religious book about the origins of idioms traced back to the King James Bible. The author distinguishes between those expressions that are merely quotations, and others that have been hijacked for secular use, often appearing in advertisements and movies. The author also added appendices a...
from tuckerresearch
Crystal's books on the history of the English language and Shakespearean speech are good, and this is too. It's light, readable, interesting, and funny. He shows how the King James Bible has influenced the English language over time. Not that it is perfect, on page 14 he misquotes Genesis 1:3 as ...
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