Mizzled
Roy Harris, 21 February 1985
Longman Dictionary of the English Language
by Randolph Quirk.
Longman, 1875 pp., £14.95, October 1984,0 582 55511 6 Show More
by Randolph Quirk.
Longman, 1875 pp., £14.95, October 1984,
The Private Lives of English Words
by Louis Heller, Alexander Humez and Malcah Dror.
Routledge, 333 pp., £12.95, May 1984,0 7102 0006 4 Show More
by Louis Heller, Alexander Humez and Malcah Dror.
Routledge, 333 pp., £12.95, May 1984,
The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words
by Bill Bryson.
Viking, 173 pp., £7.95, April 1984,0 7139 1653 2 Show More
by Bill Bryson.
Viking, 173 pp., £7.95, April 1984,
The Origins of English Words: A Discursive Dictionary of Indo-European Roots
by Joseph Shipley.
Johns Hopkins, 637 pp., $39.95, May 1984,0 8018 3004 4 Show More
by Joseph Shipley.
Johns Hopkins, 637 pp., $39.95, May 1984,
A Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English
by Eric Partidge and Paul Beale.
Routledge, 1400 pp., £45, May 1984,0 7100 9820 0 Show More
by Eric Partidge and Paul Beale.
Routledge, 1400 pp., £45, May 1984,
“... It is ironic that by current standards nothing looks less lexicographically unconventional than Eric Partridge’s Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Partridge’s contribution to the study of English vocabulary, for which, unlike Murray, he conspicuously failed to get a knighthood, used to be a matter of controversy. This particular dictionary ... ”
