![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Entertaining as well as educational, Forgotten English is a fascinating addition to word lovers' books. Forgotten English Kacirk, Jeffrey Published by William Morrow Paperbacks (1999) ISBN 10: 0688166369 ISBN 13: 9780688166366 New Softcover Quantity: 1 Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains (Pflugerville, TX, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Condition: new. Each selection is accompanied by literary excerpts demonstrating the word's usage, from sources such as Shakespeare, Dickens, Chaucer, and Benjamin Franklin. Bibiana, a fact pertinent to the word bibulous. Readers learn that an ale connor sat in a puddle of ale to judge its quality, that a beemaster informed bees of any important household events, and that our ancestors had a saint for hangover sufferers, St. Forgotten English by Jeffrey Kacirk, Aug 15, 2017, Sellers Publishing Inc, Sellers Publishing edition, calendar. These words are alive and well, however, in Forgotten English, a charming collection of hundreds of archaic words, their definitions, and old-fashioned line drawings.įor readers of Bill Bryson, Henry Beard, and Richard Lederer, Forgotten English is an eye-opening trip down a delightful etymological path. Have you ever sent a message via scandaroon, needed a nimgimmer, or fallen victim to bowelhive? Never heard of these terms? That's because they are a thing of the past. The Best of Forgotten English: Vanishing Vocabulary and Folklore (Paperback). ![]()
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