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Common Phrases

Common Phrases

And the Amazing Stories Behind Them

by Max Cryer
Hardback
Publication Date: 21/10/2010
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In day-to-day speech we use words and phrases without a passing thought as to why we use them or where they come from. Max Cryer changes all that by showing how fascinating the English language really is. Did you know that the former host of Today, Jane Pauley, claims to have coined the term "bad hair day," or that a CBS engineer named Charley Douglass invented the name and use of "canned laughter" for television, or that "cold turkey" as a term for quitting something immediately was popularized by the novel and movie (starring Frank Sinatra), The Man with the Golden Arm? Here you'll learn the origins of "credibility gap," "my lips are sealed," "the opera's not over until the fat lady sings," "supermarket," "supermodel," "there's no accounting for taste," "thick as thieves," and hundreds more. For anyone who loves language, this new book will "take the cake."
ISBN:
9781616081430
9781616081430
Category:
Trivia & quiz question books
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
21-10-2010
Language:
English
Publisher:
Skyhorse Publishing
Country of origin:
United States
Pages:
320
Dimensions (mm):
210x140x150mm
Weight:
0.4kg
Max Cryer

Max Cryer has been answering New Zealand radio listeners’ questions on English language for 22 years (Radio LIVE, Saturday nights). He holds an Honours degree in English Literature and Etymology, and his published books have three times been No. 1 on New Zealand’s non-fiction bestsellers list.

His parallel career as a singer has taken him from Sadler’s Wells Opera in London, to cabaret appearances in Las Vegas and Hollywood, several tours of America, and host of six television series’ in New Zealand.

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