A Charm of Words: Essays and Papers on Language

Eric Partridge

H. Hamilton, 1960 - English language - 190 pages

Contents

• THE SHAGGY: 13
• BUSINESS ENGLISH AND ITS CONFEDERATES: 21
• THE ETYMOLOGY OF ADVERTISING: 29
• PUNCTUATIONFRIEND NOT ENEMY: 36
• CLICHÉS: 55
• HENRY WATSON FOWLER: 63
• THE ETYMOLOGY OF MEDICINE: 75
• THE LANGUAGE OF WITCHCRAFT: 85
• THE LANGUAGE OF THE MYSTICS: 92
• PARANOIACS AND PSYCHOLEPTS: 98
• ETYMOLOGICAL: 128
• IMAGINATION AND GOOD SENSE IN ETYMOLOGY: 135
• BABES BABBLERS BARBARIANS: 139
• WHENCE HOGMANAY?: 148
• ELEPHANTINE: 157
• NOR ANY DROP TO DRINK: 167

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Charm of Words: Essays and Papers on Language
• Author: Eric Partridge
• Publisher: H. Hamilton, 1960
• Original from: the University of California
• Digitized: Sep 19, 2007
• ISBN: 9120036914, 9789120036915
• Length: 190 pages