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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English, by John McWhorter

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Pork, très culinary, is the French word; pig— très beastly—is the English one.

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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English

Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue: The Untold History of English

by John McWhorter

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