... And other Fearless Investigations into Our Illogical Language
by
David Feldman
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2009
The English language is filled with familiar words that, when one thinks about them, are downright peculiar: cooties, doozies, and heepie-jeebies; finks and funks; mugwumps and muumuus; deep six and cloud nine. There's only one pundit to solve these and other riddles of our spoken tongue: David Feildman,...