ENGLISH is a fascinating and sometimes infuriating language. Take the word book, for example.
You can cook the books, bring criminals to book, throw the book at someone or even take a leaf out of someone's book.
"The glorious inanities of the English language mean that you can do all sorts of odd and demeaning things to a book." -
The Etymologicon, Icon Books
English is so odd
ENGLISH is a fascinating and sometimes infuriating language. Take the word book, for example.
You can cook the books, bring criminals to book, throw the book at someone or even take a leaf out of someone's book.
"The glorious inanities of the English language mean that you can do all sorts of odd and demeaning things to a book." -
The Etymologicon, Icon Books