[ANSTHRLD] Fwd: book

[Kathri at aol.com]

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Adela is no longer on this list, but she came across this book and thought,
for some reason, that some of us might be interested.

Kathri (tongue Very Firmly In Cheek)


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Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 13:03:47 -0500
From: Amy Forsyth <aforsyth at uh.edu>
Subject: book
To: Kathri at aol.com

Kathri,

I'm not longer on the heralds list, but here is a title that may be of
interest to some (info. taken from ad):

"The Word Museum: the Most Remarkable English Ever Forgotten"
Kacirk, Jeffrey
Touchstone, 2000
0684857618
@$12

One man's gathering from old dictionaries and glossaries of words that have
slipped from common usage.  Examples:

"bouffage" = very satisfying
"ugsumness" = terribleness
"snirp" = shrink
"maffle" = stutter

In addition to the words and definitions, there is a bibliography.  Many
illustrations.

~Adela