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That's the Ticket for Soup!

Victorian Views on Vocabulary as Told in the Pages of 'Punch'

David Crystal

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English
Bodleian Library
07 January 2021
The vocabulary of past times is always fascinating, especially when we see how it was pilloried by the satirists of the day. In this intriguing collection, David Crystal has pored through the pages of the satirical magazine 'Punch', and reveals how many present-day feelings about words have their origins over a century ago.
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Imprint:   Bodleian Library
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 210mm,  Width: 161mm, 
Weight:   394g
ISBN:   9781851245529
ISBN 10:   1851245529
Pages:   120
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

David Crystal is a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster on language. His books include The Stories of English (2004), Wordsmiths and Warriors: The English-Language Tourist's Guide to Britain (with Hilary Crystal, 2013), The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation (2016) and The Story of Be: A Verb's-Eye View of the English Language (2017).

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