(Image shows cover page of the book, displaying the title of the book ‘You say potato’ and the names of the authors: Ben Crystal & David Crystal. Photo credit: Pan Macmillan) Everyone has an accent, though many of us think we don’t. We all have our likes and dislikes about the way other people […]
Tag: English
Kick the bucket and swing the cat
(Photo credit: BBC Books and The Random House Group Ltd.) (Image shown above is an illustration of a woman kicking a bucket whilst swinging a cat. Image also displays the author and title of the book: Kick the bucket and swing the cat: the Balderdash & Piffle collection of English words, and their curious origins, […]