Howard Richler is a life-time logophile who has served as a language columnist for several newspapers and magazines. He is presently working on three new books about language: an analysis of English language wit; a col-lection of word puzzles; and a book for children exploring the magic of word origins. He makes his home in Montreal.
�an etymological delight.� � Concordia University Magazine; �one of the more delightful books to hit my desk this season. . . . It�s a fascinating, informative, and engrossing book on a great number of words, their origin, original meaning, and for some of them, where the English language has stolen them from. It�s also often amusing, and I find myself still�weeks after getting the book�dipping into it.� � The Commentary, Interview; �Word nerds rejoice! . . . Howard Richler delivers another riotously funny and informative text.� � Telegraph-Journal
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