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<blockquote data-quote="PaulR" data-source="post: 26011" data-attributes="member: 176256"><p>As we have strayed onto Bill Bryson can I recommend his book "The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way" which givws a really good dip into the waters that are the English language.</p><p></p><p>If you find that interesting can I then recommend "A History of the English Language" by Albert C Baugh and Thomas Cable. You'll probably have to get this one out of the library though as it's rather expensive.</p><p></p><p>WRT Hawking and Gribbin my opinion is that Hawking knows his stuff (obviously!) and tries just a bit too hard to put it across to the general public. I read his BHOT and found it interesting (although a bit out of date in places) and curiously lacking in depth in others.</p><p></p><p>John Gribbin is someone whose wprk is always readable. I first saw his name when I used to get New Scientist 20 years ago. I would like to read some of his books now - so a trip to the library is in order Ithink.</p><p></p><p>PaulR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PaulR, post: 26011, member: 176256"] As we have strayed onto Bill Bryson can I recommend his book "The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way" which givws a really good dip into the waters that are the English language. If you find that interesting can I then recommend "A History of the English Language" by Albert C Baugh and Thomas Cable. You'll probably have to get this one out of the library though as it's rather expensive. WRT Hawking and Gribbin my opinion is that Hawking knows his stuff (obviously!) and tries just a bit too hard to put it across to the general public. I read his BHOT and found it interesting (although a bit out of date in places) and curiously lacking in depth in others. John Gribbin is someone whose wprk is always readable. I first saw his name when I used to get New Scientist 20 years ago. I would like to read some of his books now - so a trip to the library is in order Ithink. PaulR [/QUOTE]
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