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Even-Steven and Fair and Square More Stories Behind the Words

by Morton S. Freeman

Age band: 13+

Looky Rating System: Violence 0/5, Love & Romance 0/5, Mental Health 0/5, Language 2/5, Substance Use 0/5, Fear / Horror 0/5, Fantasy / Supernatural 0/5, LGBTQ+ Representation 0/5, Sci-Fi / Futuristic 0/5, Disability & Neurodiversity 0/5.

Description

The histories of words hold a special fascination because they touch our lives in an immediate way. Finding out the origins of our everyday vocabulary provides answers to the questions that cross our minds every time we use sayings that sound exotic and quirky, mysterious and fantastic, or totally illogical and unrelated to anything familiar in contemporary times.