Much Ado about English by Richard Watson Todd
In this entertaining journey exploring the facts, foibles and sheer charm of English, Richard Watson Todd contemplates everything from the origins of words to their erratic spellings and unexpected uses.
Ostrobogulously loquacious, linguistically ostentatious: a peregrination through pages of percurrent pleasureA fun book and very rewarding to read. -- Dr Michael Johnson, Open University
Richard Watson Todd was born in Shrewsbury and graduated from Lancaster University with a BA in Accounting & Finance before realising that accounting did not provide the most interesting of careers (apologies to accountants). After gaining a masters in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and a doctorate in the UK became Head of the Centre for Research and Services at the School of Liberal Arts at King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi (KMUTT) in Bangkok and runs the Big Applied Linguistics Database. He has acted as a consultant to both the World Bank and the Thai Ministry of Education, is the author of several books and a regular contributor to the Bangkok Post. Despite all this work, Richard finds enough time to keep his two dogs happy, enjoy reading and play darts.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781857883879 |
| ISBN 10 | 185788387X |
| Title | Much Ado about English |
| Author | Richard Watson Todd |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | John Murray Press |
| Year published | 2007-10-18 |
| Number of pages | 156 |
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