TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hitchings,Henry
TI  - The secret life of words: how English became English 
SN  - 9780374254100 (alk. paper)
AV  - PE1580 .H45 2008
U1  - 422 22
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KW  - English language
KW  - Lexicography
KW  - History
KW  - Etymology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-404) and indexes
ER  -