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Port Out Starboard Home
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Author : Michael Quinion
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2004
Port Out Starboard Home written by Michael Quinion and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2004 with English language categories.
What is the true origin of the phrase 'one fell swoop'? Does the word 'honeymoon' really derive from an old Persian custom of giving the happy couple mead, a honey wine, for the first month after the wedding? The rapid growth of the internet and the use of email has increased the circulation of (usually) false tales about the evolution of language. In this entertaining and fascinating new book on the origins of words and expressions, Michael Quinion retells the mythic tales that have become popular currency - the word 'posh' deriving from 'port out, starboard home' - and also tries to find and explain the true stories behind the origins of phrases. Quinion offers explanations of why and how stories about words are created, and how misunderstanding word origins - while usually harmless - can have serious consequences.
P O Port Out Starboard Home
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Author : D Williams
language : en
Publisher: Ian Allen Pub
Release Date : 2002
P O Port Out Starboard Home written by D Williams and has been published by Ian Allen Pub this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Transportation categories.
POSH' - 'Port Out, Starboard Home' - was an affecionate acronym for the Peninsula & Orinetal Steam Navigation Company. Long associated with great and luxurious vessels, this photographic collection of impressive colour images records P&O's changing business over the past fifty years. With detailed captions forming a background to the diverse and magnificent vessels. 81 colour photos. 80 pages. Laminated landscape hardback
Port Out Starboard Home
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Author : Michael Quinion
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2005-09-01
Port Out Starboard Home written by Michael Quinion and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-09-01 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Can it really be true that 'golf' stands for 'Gentlemen Only Ladies Forbidden'? Or that 'rule of thumb' comes from an archaic legal principle that a man may chastise his wife, but only with a rod no thicker than his thumb? These and hundreds of other stories are commonly told and retold whenever people meet. They grow up in part because expressions are often genuinely mysterious. Why, for example, are satisfying meals 'square' rather than any other shape? And how did anyone ever come up with the idea that if you're competent at something you can 'cut the mustard'? Michael Quinion here retells many of the more bizarre tales, and explains their real origins where they're known. This is a fascinating treasure-trove of fiction and fact for anyone interested in language.
Why Is Q Always Followed By U
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Author : Michael Quinion
language : en
Publisher: Penguin UK
Release Date : 2009-07-02
Why Is Q Always Followed By U written by Michael Quinion and has been published by Penguin UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-02 with Humor categories.
Long-time word-detective and bestselling author of Port Out, Starboard Home, Michael Quinion brings us the answers to nearly two hundred of the most intriguing questions he's been asked about language over the years. Sent to him by enquiring readers from all around the globe, Michael's answers about the meanings and histories behind the quirky phrases, slang and language that we all use are set to delight, amuse and enlighten even the most hardened word-obsessive. Did you know that 'Blighty' comes from an ancient Arabic word? Or that Liberace cried his way to the bank so many times people think he came up with the phrase? That 'cloud nine' started out as 'cloud seven' in the speakeasies of '30s America? And that the first person to have their thunder stolen was a dismal playwright from Drury Lane? Michael Quinion's Why is Q Always Followed By U? is full of surprising discoveries, entertaining quotations and memorable information. There are plenty of colourful stories out there, but Michael Quinion will help you discover the truth that lies behind the cock-and-bull stories and make sure you're always linguistically on the ball.
Word Myths
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Author : David Wilton
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008-11-06
Word Myths written by David Wilton and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-06 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Do you "know" that posh comes from an acronym meaning "port out, starboard home"? That "the whole nine yards" comes from (pick one) the length of a WWII gunner's belt; the amount of fabric needed to make a kilt; a sarcastic football expression? That Chicago is called "The Windy City" because of the bloviating habits of its politicians, and not the breeze off the lake? If so, you need this book. David Wilton debunks the most persistently wrong word histories, and gives, to the best of our actual knowledge, the real stories behind these perennially mis-etymologized words. In addition, he explains why these wrong stories are created, disseminated, and persist, even after being corrected time and time again. What makes us cling to these stories, when the truth behind these words and phrases is available, for the most part, at any library or on the Internet? Arranged by chapters, this book avoids a dry A-Z format. Chapters separate misetymologies by kind, including The Perils of Political Correctness (picnics have nothing to do with lynchings), Posh, Phat Pommies (the problems of bacronyming--the desire to make every word into an acronym), and CANOE (which stands for the Conspiracy to Attribute Nautical Origins to Everything). Word Myths corrects long-held and far-flung examples of wrong etymologies, without taking the fun out of etymology itself. It's the best of both worlds: not only do you learn the many wrong stories behind these words, you also learn why and how they are created--and what the real story is.
Port Out Starboard Home Dig
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Author : Beequeen
language : en
Publisher:
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Tales Of St Austin S Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition
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Author : Pelham Grenville Wodehouse
language : en
Publisher: ReadHowYouWant.com
Release Date : 2010
Tales Of St Austin S Easyread Super Large 24pt Edition written by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse and has been published by ReadHowYouWant.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with categories.
Starboard
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Author : Nicola Skinner
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2021-04-01
Starboard written by Nicola Skinner and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-01 with Juvenile Fiction categories.
‘Spectacular. A wild, hilarious, surreal adventure of self-discovery’ Guardian ‘A fabulously entertaining, hugely inventive novel of epic adventure, friendship and bravery’ Editor’s Choice, Bookseller
Text Book Of Seamanship
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Author : Stephen Bleecker Luce
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1884
Text Book Of Seamanship written by Stephen Bleecker Luce and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1884 with Navigation categories.
Pretense Design
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Author : Per Mollerup
language : en
Publisher: MIT Press
Release Date : 2019-04-23
Pretense Design written by Per Mollerup and has been published by MIT Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-23 with Design categories.
How some design appears to be something that it is not—by beautifying, amusing, substituting, or deceiving. Pretense design pretends to be something that it is not. Pretense design includes all kinds of designed objects: a pair of glasses that looks like a fashion accessory rather than a medical necessity, a hotel in Las Vegas that simulates a Venetian ambience complete with canals and gondolas, boiler plates that look like steel but are vinyl. In this book, Danish designer Per Mollerup defines and describes a ubiquitous design category that until now has not had a name: designed objects with an intentional discrepancy between surface and substance, between appearance and reality. Pretense design, he shows us, is a type of material rhetoric; it is a way for physical objects to speak persuasively, most often to benefit users but sometimes to deceive them. After explaining the means and the meanings of pretense design, Mollerup describes four pretense design applications, providing a range of examples for each: beautification, amusement, substitution, and deception. Beautification, he explains, includes sunless tanning, high heels, and even sporty accessories for a family car. Amusement includes forms of irrational otherness—columns that don't hold anything up, an old building's façade that hides a new building, a new Chinese town that mimics an old European town. Substitution pretends to be a natural thing: plastic laminate is a substitute for wood, Corian a substitute for marble, and prosthetics substitute for human organs. Deception doesn't just bend the truth; it suspends it. Soldiers wear camouflage to hide; hunters use decoys to attract their prey; malware hides in a harmless program only to wreak havoc on a user's computer. With Pretense Design, Per Mollerup adds a new concept to design thinking.