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alphabet juice the energies gists and spirits of letters words and combinations thereof ; their roots bones innards piths pips
p ali g how many words does you know p noam chomsky normally humans by maturity have tens of thousands of them . p ali g what is some of em youtube.com after forty years of making a living using words in every medium print or electronic except greeting cards roy blount jr. still cant get over his abcs . in alphabet juice he celebrates the juju the sonic and kinetic energies of letters and their combinations . blount does not prescribe proper english . the franchise he claims is over the counter and concentrates more on questions such as these did you know that both mammal and matter derive from baby talk have you noticed how wince makes you wince p three and a half centuries ago sir thomas blount produced blounts glossographia the first dictionary to explore derivations of english words . this blounts glossographia takes that pursuit to other levels . it rejects the standard linguistic notion that the connection between words and their meanings is arbitrary . even the word arbitrary is shown to be no more arbitrary at its roots than go to guy or crackerjack . from sources as venerable as the oed in which blount finds an inconsistency at whisk and as fresh as urbandictionary.com to which blount has contributed the number one definition of alligator arm and especially from the authors own wide ranging experience alphabet juice derives an organic take on language that is unlike and more fun than any other . p
cd spoken word st martins pr 2008 isbn13 9781427204936 isbn10 1427204934
book type nf isbn 13 9781427204936 publisher st martins pr release date 1223942400000 volume capacity 4