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Absolutely fascinating. In the first 5 pages I learned that English has 200,000 words in common use, while French has only 100,000, and that English is the only language that requires - or has - thesauruses. No wonder out language is so rich.
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Love Bill Bryson’s writing style. Always a pleasure to read. Mother Tongue was one I didn’t have in my collection so I was pleased to snap it up on eBay.
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as fascinating and entertaining read as all his other books. Every one guaranteed to amuse and worth re-reading multiple times. Bill Bryson is a master wordsmith
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As one would expect of Bill Bryson, this is an intelligent and amusing book: The best method of educating, making the "lessons" funny and memorable
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