Publisher's Synopsis
A fascinating itinerary through the words of our language, their meanings, their evolution, their secrets and their mysteries. This exploration is carried out hand in hand with the literary works that use them, the dictionaries that define them and the speakers that keep them alive. This is therefore a history of words and of those who use them -the speaker, the lecturer, the writer, the novelist, the poet-, who leave their mark on the language. The result is a delightful essay for anyone who loves the words they think, speak, and write with. Because we are what we speak, or what we think and don't say.
