With dazzling wit and astonishing insight, Bill Bryson--the acclaimed author of The Lost Continent--brilliantly explores the remarkable history, eccentricities, resilience and sheer fun of the English language. From the first descent of the larynx into the throat (why you can talk but your dog can't), to the fine lost art of swearing, Bryson tells the fascinating, often uproarious story of an inadequate, second-rate tongue of peasants that developed into one of the world's largest growth industries.

An interesting book about the etymology of English, spelling reform and the origins of swearing.

Sent to fellow book crosser.

Thank you xtrdnry.
My daughter collected the parcel containing the book form the Post Office this afternoon.
I have put the book in my TBR pile.

Posted to bookcrosser in Germany

Thank you very much for sending me this wishlist-book!

Will leave the book @Starbucks in the mall. Have fun!