A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi

A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi

Words We Pinched from Other Languages

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Publisher Description

English as we know it today is enriched with many borrowings and influences from other languages. Aficionado, chutzpah, pro bono, hoi polloi, ketchup, nous, zeitgeist - we use these foreign words every day without thinking of their origins, but what do they actually mean? And just how and why did we English speakers absorb such exotic imports? A Certain "Je Ne Sais Quoi" is an accessible and entertaining treasury of information that 'connoisseurs' (French) of the English language will love!

GENRE
Professional & Technical
RELEASED
2011
4 April
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
176
Pages
PUBLISHER
Michael O Mara Books
SIZE
2.1
MB

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