Troublesome Words - Bill Bryson

One can never have enough dictionaries. The mark of a complete person is that they value what wonderous books dictionaries are, and buy and use as many as they bloody well can. Who needs a society based on capitalism, democracy or meritocracy, when you can just judge a person based on their access to lexicological reference works. Hoorah! Bill Bryson's Troublesome Words is one of those little books that nobody who seriously considers themselves a person of letters should be without. Come to think of it, nobody should be without it, nor without the whimsically pocketable and infinitely expedient "Dirty Tony's Guide To Being So Unbelievably Rude To ...  Read the complete review