This non-technical and often humorous look at how the classical European languages shaped our own tells the quirky stories behind some innocent-looking English words. An Australian classics teacher explains the similarity between ballads and ballistic missiles, the connection between testimony and testicles, why hexagons should make you feel weak at the knees, and what the word eccentric has to do with the backside of a cow. Students of the classics and fans of words for their own sake will find plenty to savour in Michael Salter"s tongue-in-cheek book.

• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01921JHF6
• Publication date ‏ : ‎ December 6, 2015
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• File size ‏ : ‎ 914 KB
• Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
• Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
• Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
• X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
• Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
• Print length ‏ : ‎ 89 pages
• Lending ‏ : ‎ Enabled

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