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Teddy bears, tupperware and sweet Fanny Adams : how the names became the words

Sholl, Andrew2013

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Summary

Have you ever stopped to wonder how on earth names became words we use so often? How, for example, did Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi give his name to something so sweet as a biscuit? Who was the Gordon Bennett whose name has become an expression of surprise or displeasure? And who knew, when Odysseus set off on his ten-year voyage home in Homer's epic, that long journeys would take his name? Behind so many words are real people with a story to tell. This fascinating book reveals the history behind the most familiar and more unusual eponyms.

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Main title:

Teddy bears, tupperware and sweet Fanny Adams : how the names became the words / by Andrew Sholl.

Author:

Sholl, Andrew, author

Imprint:

London : Michael O'Mara Books, 2013.

Collation:

224 pages ; 20 cm

Notes:

Originally published: as Bloomers, biros and wellington boots. 1996.

ISBN:

9781782430292 (hbk)1782430296

Dewey class:

422

Local class:

422

Language:

English

Subject:

English language -- EponymsEnglish language -- EtymologyLanguagesLanguages

BRN:

717983

Bookmark link:

https://orkney.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/WPAC/BIBENQ?SETLVL=&BRN=717983

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