Wordstruck! (2nd ed.)

Do languages and cultures fascinate you? Do you love words? Welcome to Susanna Janssen’s wondrous world of words. Wordstruck!  will entertain you with a wealth of humorous and insightful reflections on language and cultures. Dive in anywhere and delve into everything from cockney slang to terms of endearment around the world; from the genius of Shakespeare to foreign translations gone riotously bad; from why we say “hello” when answering the phone to why there are several hundred Arabic wor