Every Word Tells a Story av Tom Read Wilson

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<P><B>Tom Read Wilson is here to take us on a rip-roaring tour through some of the most astonishing and amusing words in the English language with <I>Every Word Tells a Story</I>.</B></P><P> See how the English language evolved in this <B>extraordinary exploration </B>of the origins of everyday words. Full of <B>funny stories</B> and<B> fascinating facts,</B> Tom Read Wilson knows even the most ordinary-sounding word can have the most surprising story behind it! </P><P> Did you know, for instance, that: </P><ul><li> The word ‘<B>bloomers</B>’ comes from Amelia Bloomer, who was a women's rights activist and owner and editor of the first U.S. newspaper edited by and for women, who wanted to move more freely in her knickers? </li><li> Or that the word ‘<B>daisy</B>’ comes from the Old English <I>dæges eage</I>, meaning ‘day’s eye’, because the petals of a daisy open at dawn and close at dusk? </li><li> The word &