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Around the World in 80 Words
Around the World in 80 Words: A Journey through the English Language | Paul Anthony Jones
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What makes a place so memorable that it survives forever in a word? In this captivating round-the-world tour, Paul Anthony Jones acts as your guide through the intriguing stories of how eighty places became immortalized in the English (…more)
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Are you a word-lover looking for an #audiobook suitable for a family road trip? This is for adults but risqué descriptions are avoided specifically in case there are young listeners. Learn interesting etymology without taxing your brain: “dollar” comes from the name of a Czech mining town; “copper” from Cyprus; Panama hats are from Ecuador; and Labrador retrievers ARE actually from the province of Newfoundland & Labrador.

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shanaqui

Reading this for a Dewey Decimal challenge (the number range is announced at the start of the month, you need to read something from within it; this month, 400-499).

I actually had it on my radar because of Thea Gilmore's Grandam Gold (https://youtu.be/_kA7MNAkGe0), inspired by one of the author's tweets as https://twitter.com/haggardhawks

It's a bit random, as you'd expect, with some new-to-me nuggets.