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Article #4599Re: Source of American Acronynms and Initialisms
From: David Henderson
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 00:00
Date: Fri, 04 Oct 1996 00:00
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tom collins wrote: > [snip] > PS I notice in his bibliography Orkin cites a book by Mario > Pei, <The Story of English> (Philadephia, 1952). I wonder if > anyone here has any comments on this book and its worth to one > interested in our language? I've read the book and it's not bad. Not great, but not bad. Robin MacNeill (one of the hosts of the MacNeill-Lehrer News Hour on American public TV) made a series for PBS a while back that was quite good. As I remember it, it was based on a book he wrote, but I don't remember the title. The "Author Guide to Books in Print" should reveal the title. If you can find it, give it a try. *===================================================================* David Henderson, Ft. Worth, TX, USA email: davidh2@airmail.net Dyslexics of the world, untie! *===================================================================* "Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside a dog, it's too dark to read" --- Mark Twain
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