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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 422.03 EAN: 9780806517131 ISBN: 0806517131 Label: Citadel Pr Manufacturer: Citadel Pr Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 286 Publication Date: October 01, 2000 Publisher: Citadel Pr Studio: Citadel Pr Average Rating:
 Rating: - Decent resource for writers & coachesHi, I use this books and many of the other phrase or word derivation books as part of my career coaching practice and in guiding my clients to create their Vision Statements as seen in The Vision Board: The Secret to an Extraordinary Lifeand also in my book Successful Recareering: When Changing Jobs Just Isn't Enough This book is helpful but not as good as Dictionary of Clicheswhich I use almost daily. But you may enjoy a choice on your bookshelf. Rating:  - Fun.A fun read, but looking through Amazon, there may be better books on this subject. Rating:  - Intriguing, Instructional, CuriousJordan Almond's "Dictionary of Word Origins" is an intriguing look at phrases and words we all toss about apart from their original meaning. This book is about those original meanings of cliches. This is different than most 'unusual word' dictionaries. Usually, you'll get the term, maybe a pronunciation and a short definiton. Instead, here we are introduced to where the word came from. He explains it carefully in layman's language. He doesn't gussy up his book with high-fallootin' lexographical ... Read More Rating: - as a failed lexicographeri should hesitate to criticize a fellow drudge in the ditch of language, but Professor Almond's definition of the phrase TIPS was used on a local radio show as an acronym for To Insure Prompt Service. ... but professor almond's book seems to be popular, i have yet to catch it unchecked out at our local library onward pete saussy/george stone saussy iii, compiler of the Oxter English Dictionary/Penguin Dictionary of Curious and Interesting Words/The Logodaedalian's Dictionary of Curious and ... Read More Rating:  - Don't believe everything you readI found a number of inaccuracies in this book, one of the largest being Mr. Jordan's explication of the expression "as difficult as a camel passing through the eye of a needle." It appears that he hasn't read Matthew 18 which states "And again I say unto you, It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God." |
