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Made in America
An Informal History of the English Language in the United States
Bill Bryson, William Roberts, Audible Studios
HarperCollins · Print & ebook · October 23, 2001
Reading lane: U.S. State & Local History
“A literate exploration of why we use—or mangle—our native tongue.”—USA Today Bill Bryson celebrates America’s magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood…and exactly why Mr.
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- Authors
- Bill Bryson, William Roberts, Audible Studios
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Published
- October 23, 2001
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- U.S. State & Local History · Sociolinguistics
- Reading lane
- U.S. State & Local History
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About This Book
“A literate exploration of why we use—or mangle—our native tongue.”—USA Today Bill Bryson celebrates America’s magnificent offspring in the book that reveals once and for all how a dusty western hamlet with neither woods nor holly came to be known as Hollywood…and exactly why Mr. Yankee Doodle call his befeathered cap “Macaroni.”
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