The 100 words that make the English
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The 100 words that make the English
Abacus, 2011
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"First published in Great Britain under the titler Jolly Wicked, Actually in 2009 by Little, Brown. This paperback edition published in 2011 by Abacus"--T.p. verso
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Englishness is an ancient and powerful concept, but no one seems sure exactly what it means in the twenty-first century. In exploring our national identity, Tony Thorne has compiled a fascinating compendium of the hundred words and phrases that have become the cornerstones of modern English, and have been used - sometimes deliberately, but often inadvertently - to stake out our common ground, to define what makes us essentially English, and thus different from those beastly foreigners who lurk just off our shores.
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