Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik by Bill Casselman

Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik by Bill Casselman

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Were you taught in school that the English language has no rhyme for the word 'orange'? What about 'month', 'silver', or 'purple'? No rhymes for those either? Digging into the dim recesses of the English language, the author shows that there are valid rhyming words for all of these.

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Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik by Bill Casselman

Were you taught in school that the English language has no rhyme for the word 'orange'? What about 'month', 'silver', or 'purple'? No rhymes for those either? Digging into the dim recesses of the English language, the author shows that there are valid rhyming words for all of these.
Bill Casselman is one of Canda's leading etymologists. He spent 22 years as a writer, director and producer for CBC Radio and CBC TV. He has published ten books on the origins of Canadian words and sayings, three of them bestsellers He is also the author of a medical dictionary and numerous magazine and newspaper columns and articles. He is a columnist at Vocabula, the leading American online word magazine.
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ISBN 13 9781440506369
ISBN 10 1440506361
Title Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik
Author Bill Casselman
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Adams Media Corporation
Year published 2010-10-16
Number of pages 272
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.