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Preface
A short history of English words
1. Roe — the first word (5th century)
4. Loaf — an unexpected origin (9th century)
5. Out — changing grammar (9th century)
6. Street — a Latin loan (9th century)
7. Mead — a window into history (9th century)
8. Merry — a dialect survivor (9th century)
9. Riddle — playing with language (10th century)
11. Bone-house — a word-painting (10th century)
12. Brocka — Celtic arrival (10th century)
13. English — the language named (10th century)
14. Bridegroom — a popular etymology (11th century)
15. Arse — an impolite word (11th century)
16. Swain — a poetic expression (12th century)
20. Skirt — a word doublet (13th century)
21. Jail — competing words (13th century)
22. Take away — a phrasal verb (13th century)
23. Cuckoo — a sound-symbolic word (13th century)
24. Cunt — a taboo word (13th century)
25. Wicked — a radical alteration (13th century)
26. Wee — a Scottish contribution (14th century)
27. Grammar — a surprising link (14th century)
29. Egg — a dialect choice (14th century)
30. Royal — word triplets (14th century)
33. Taffeta — an early trade word (14th century)
34. Information(s) — (un)countable nouns (14th century)
35. Gaggle — a collective noun (15th century)
38. Alphabet — talking about writing (16th century)
40. Debt — a spelling reform (16th century)
42. Dialect — regional variation (16th century)
43. Bodgery — word-coiners (16th century)
45. Skunk — an early Americanism (17th century)
46. Shibboleth — a word from King James (17th century)
50. Billion — a confusing ambiguity (17th century)
52. Gazette — a taste of journalese (17th century)
53. Tea — a social word (17th century)
54. Disinterested — a confusible (17th century)
55. Polite — a matter of manners (17th century)
59. Edit — a back-formation (18th century)
62. Trek — a word from Africa (19th century)
63. Hello — progress through technology (19th century)
64. Dragsman — thieves’ cant (19th century)
68. Dinkum — a word from Australia (19th century)
70. Schmooze — a Yiddishism (19th century)
71. OK — debatable origins (19th century)
72. Ology — suffix into word (19th century)
73. Y’all — a new pronoun (19th century)
75. DNA — scientific terminology (20th century)
76. Garage — a pronunciation problem (20th century)
78. Robot — a global journey (20th century)
81. Doublespeak — weasel words (20th century)
82. Doobry — useful nonsense (20th century)
84. Strine — a comic effect (20th century)
85. Alzheimer’s — surname into word (20th century)
89. PC — being politically correct (20th century)
90. Bagonise — a nonce-word (20th century)
93. Cherry-picking — corporate speak (20th century)
96. Sudoku — a modern loan (21st century)
97. Muggle — a fiction word (21st century)
Illustration credits
Word index
Also by David Crystal
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