Author

Michael Quinion

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4 books

Books

  1. Port Out, Starboard Home 2000
  2. Why is Q Always Followed by U?: Word-Perfect Answers to the Most Asked Questions About Language 2009
2 more
  1. Ologies and Isms: A Dictionary of Word Beginnings and Endings 2002
  2. Gallimaufry: A Hodgepodge of Our Vanishing Vocabulary 2006

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