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A study of the quirks and quandaries of the British language, focusing on our unusual and wonderful sentence structure
Why do we say “I am reading a catalog” rather than “I read a catalog”? Why do we say “do” in any way? May be the way we speak a reflection of our ethnical values? Delving into these provocative issues plus more, Our Magnificent Bastard Terminology distills more than 100 years of fascinating lore into one exciting record.
Covering such turning tips as the little-known Celtic and Welsh affects on British, the impact of the Viking raids and the Norman Conquest, and the Germanic invasions that started out it all through the fifth century advertising, John McWhorter narrates this vibrant development with vigor. Sketching on revolutionary hereditary and linguistic research as well as a cache of remarkable trivia about the origins of British words and syntax patterns, Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue finally demonstrates the arbitrary, maddening mother nature of British— and its own ironic simplicity due to its role as a streamlined lingua franca through the early development of Britain. This is the book that dialect aficionados worldwide have been looking forward to (no, it’s not a sin to get rid of a phrase with a preposition).
