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Bill Bryson

“At a minimum the name should puzzle foreigners—this is a basic requirement of most British institutions—and ideally it should excite long and inconclusive debate, defy all logical explanation, and evoke images that border on the surreal. Among”

Bill Bryson, The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way
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The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way The Mother Tongue: English and How it Got that Way by Bill Bryson
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