Teddy Bears, Tupperware and Sweet Fanny Adams: How the Names Became the Words

by Sholl, Andrew
ISBN: 9781782430292
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Have you ever stopped to wonder how on earth names became words we use so often? How, for example, did Italian nationalist leader Giuseppe Garibaldi give his name to something so sweet as a biscuit? Who was the Gordon Bennett whose name has become an expression of surprise or displeasure? And who knew, when Odysseus set off on his ten-year voyage home in Homer's epic, that long journeys would take his name? Behind so many words are real people with a story to tell. This fascinating book reveals the history behind the most familiar and more unusual eponyms.
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Author: Sholl, Andrew
  • ISBN: 9781782430292
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 7.90 x 1.00
  • Number Of Pages: 223
  • Publication Year: 2014

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