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28 人中、28人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
Great browsing!
2000/4/6
形式:ペーパーバック
Here is a wonderful collection of 1,500 word histories. This book goes beyond the typical etymology by providing the Story behind each of the selected words. Though the scholarship on the etymology of the word is not thorough (no roots, little in the way of derivation, no Indo-European development) the writing is clear, witty and conversational. The best book on the market for under $20 (and a real bargain at Amazon's price). Recommended.
6 人中、5人の方が、｢このレビューが参考になった｣と投票しています。
For word lovers to take a tour of words in a different way
2006/1/5
形式:ペーパーバック
This is not a dictionary, a thesaurus, or a book of formal etymology. So, what is it? Well, it takes the word lover on a tour of approximately 1,500 words. We get to find out not only a definition of the word, but its history. How it came to be. Yes, there is some etymology (study of word origins) in this, but the way a word comes to mean what it does can take surprising turns that its origins do not explain. (Also, within some of these histories, the authors provide words of similar origins and histories, so it really is more than 1,500 words.)
While you can use this book to look up words, there are so relatively few that you will more likely miss more often than you will hit. What the book is really for is to fill a few extra minutes with a tour of something fascinating and to learn something you probably did not know. If you just sit down for hours reading many pages of the book you will actually not remember all the things you should. So, it is better to dip into this book frequently for short periods and think about the few words you read about and commit their history to memory rather than pushing your way through hundreds of pages that will evaporate the moment you close the book.
Quite an interesting resource.
While you can use this book to look up words, there are so relatively few that you will more likely miss more often than you will hit. What the book is really for is to fill a few extra minutes with a tour of something fascinating and to learn something you probably did not know. If you just sit down for hours reading many pages of the book you will actually not remember all the things you should. So, it is better to dip into this book frequently for short periods and think about the few words you read about and commit their history to memory rather than pushing your way through hundreds of pages that will evaporate the moment you close the book.
Quite an interesting resource.
Love this one!
2009/7/13
形式:ペーパーバック
I love this book! As a secretary, I am a word fiend, and have just a few books of this type. The same day I took it to work, someone borrowed it. It is a good one!
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