Salty Dog Talk - The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions
Year: 1995 Language: English Author: Beavis B., McCloskey R.G. Genre: Dictionary Publisher: Sheridan House Format: PDF Quality: Scanned pages + OCR Pages count: 100 Description: Most of us never realize how many words and expressions used in everyday English have a fascinating nautical origin. This charming pocketbook explains the practical ship-board beginnings of over 200 such phrases--colorful, bizarre and surprising--and how they came ashore. For anyone with an interest in the sea & its traditions--landlubbers, boaters, historians, linguists.
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Salty Dog Talk - The Nautical Origins of Everyday Expressions
Language: English
Author: Beavis B., McCloskey R.G.
Genre: Dictionary
Publisher: Sheridan House
Format: PDF
Quality: Scanned pages + OCR
Pages count: 100
Description: Most of us never realize how many words and expressions used in everyday English have a fascinating nautical origin. This charming pocketbook explains the practical ship-board beginnings of over 200 such phrases--colorful, bizarre and surprising--and how they came ashore. For anyone with an interest in the sea & its traditions--landlubbers, boaters, historians, linguists.
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