Ebook: Origins of the specious: myths and misconceptions of the English language

Stiff upper lips : why can't the British be more like us? -- Grammar Moses : forget these commandments -- Bad boys of English : and why we still love 'em -- Once upon a time : the whole nine yards of etymology -- Lex education : cleaning up dirty words -- Identity theft : the great impostors -- An oeuf is an oeuf : fractured French -- Sense and sensitivity : PC fact and fiction -- In high dungeon : and other moat points -- Brave new words : the good, the bad, the ugly -- Afterword : Morocco bound.