A Charm of Words: Essays and Papers on Language |
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 |