Unfortunate English : the gloomy truth behind the words you use / Bill Brohaugh.
Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Unfortunate English : the gloomy truth behind the words you use / Bill Brohaugh.
Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
2007
Everything you know about English is wrong / Bill Brohaugh.
Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The dictionary of foreign terms in the English language.
Bristol, Manross Branch - Children's Reference:In-Library Use Only, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only
The story of English in 100 words / David Crystal.
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The story of English in 100 words / David Crystal.
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
2012
The story of English in 100 words / David Crystal.
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
2012
The story of English in 100 words / David Crystal.
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Bishop's Corner Branch - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
2012
The story of English in 100 words / David Crystal.
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The whatchamacallit : those everyday objects you just can't name (and things you think you know about
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
What's in a name? : from Joseph P. Frisbie to Roy Jacuzzi : how everyday items were named for extraor
Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
Have a word on me : a celebration of language / Willard R. Espy ; illustrations by Charles C. Hefling
Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
O thou improper, thou uncommon noun : a bobtailed, generally chronological listing of proper names th
Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Everyday phrases : their origins and meanings / Neil Ewart.
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Everyday phrases : their origins and meanings / Neil Ewart.
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The etymologicon ; a circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English language / Mark Fo
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The etymologicon ; a circular stroll through the hidden connections of the English language / Mark Fo
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
From bonbon to cha-cha : Oxford dictionary of foreign words and phrases / edited by Andrew Delahunty.
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
2107 curious word origins, sayings & expressions from white elephants to a song & dance / Charles Ear
East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Horsefeathers and other curious words / by Charles Earle Funk and Charles Earle Funk, Jr. ; with illu
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only
Book
1986
Heavens to Betsy! and other curious sayings / Charles Earle Funk ; with illustrations by Tom Funk.
Avon Free Public Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only
Book
1986
Heavens to Betsy! and other curious sayings / Charles Earle Funk ; with illustrations by Tom Funk.
Avon Free Public Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Reference Material:In-Library Use Only
Book
1986
Thereby hangs a tale : stories of curious word origins / Charles Earle Funk.
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
1985
A hog on ice and other curious expressions / Charles Earle Funk ; with illustrations by Tom Funk.
Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The dord, the diglot, and an avocado or two : the hidden lives and strange origins of words / Anu Gar
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
The dord, the diglot, and an avocado or two : the hidden lives and strange origins of words / Anu Gar
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
I never metaphor I didn't like : a comprehensive compilation of history's greatest metaphors, analogi
Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:DUE 04-22-24
The secret life of words : how English became English / Henry Hitchings.
Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level:Check Shelf, Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The secret life of words : how English became English / Henry Hitchings.
Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level:Check Shelf, Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The secret life of words : how English became English / Henry Hitchings.
Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level:Check Shelf, Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
2008
The secret life of words : how English became English / Henry Hitchings.
Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level:Check Shelf, Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
2008
The secret life of words : how English became English / Henry Hitchings.
Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level:Check Shelf, Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
2008
The secret life of words : how English became English / Henry Hitchings.
Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level:Check Shelf, Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Bagels bumf & buses : a day in the life of the English language / Simon Horobin.
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Red herrings and white elephants : the origins of the phrases we use everyday / Albert Jack ; with il
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Red herrings and white elephants : the origins of the phrases we use everyday / Albert Jack ; with il
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Cromwell-Belden Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The accidental dictionary : the remarkable twists and turns of English words / Paul Anthony Jones.
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Southington Library - Adult:Check Shelf, Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The accidental dictionary : the remarkable twists and turns of English words / Paul Anthony Jones.
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Southington Library - Adult:Check Shelf, Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
2017
The accidental dictionary : the remarkable twists and turns of English words / Paul Anthony Jones.
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Southington Library - Adult:Check Shelf, Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The accidental dictionary : the remarkable twists and turns of English words / Paul Anthony Jones.
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Southington Library - Adult:Check Shelf, Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
2017
The accidental dictionary : the remarkable twists and turns of English words / Paul Anthony Jones.
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Southington Library - Adult:Check Shelf, Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Windsor, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
2017
Around the world in 80 words : a journey through the English language / Paul Anthony Jones.
Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
Book
2018
Around the world in 80 words : a journey through the English language / Paul Anthony Jones.
South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction:Missing
I love it when you talk retro : hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime, and the forgotten origin
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
I love it when you talk retro : hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime, and the forgotten origin
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
I love it when you talk retro : hoochie coochie, double whammy, drop a dime, and the forgotten origin
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The life of language : the fascinating ways words are born, live & die / Sol Steinmetz and Barbara An
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Book
2006
Word nerd : more than 18,000 fascinating facts about words / Barbara Ann Kipfer.
Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf
Common phrases and where they come from / Myron Korach in collaboration with John B. Mordock.
Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction:DUE 05-15-24
Book
2001
Common phrases and where they come from / Myron Korach in collaboration with John B. Mordock.
Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction:DUE 05-15-24
Crazy English : the ultimate joy ride through our language / Richard Lederer.
Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf
The tree of language / by Helene and Charlton Laird. Illustrated by Ervine Metzl.
East Windsor, Library Association of Warehouse Point - Adult Department:Check Shelf
The curious compendium of wonderful words : a miscellany of obscure terms, bizarre phrases & surprisi
East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult New Materials:Check Shelf
Common phrases and where they come from / Myron Korach in collaboration with John B. Mordock.
Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction:DUE 05-15-24
Mother tongue : the surprising history of women's words / Jenni Nuttall.
Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Enfield, Main Library - New Materials:Check Shelf, Farmington, Main Library - Adult New Materials:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Southington Library - New:Check Shelf
Book
2023
Mother tongue : the surprising history of women's words / Jenni Nuttall.
Canton Public Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Enfield, Main Library - New Materials:Check Shelf, Farmington, Main Library - Adult New Materials:Check Shelf, Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department:Check Shelf, Southington Library - New:Check Shelf