Who Put the Butter in Butterfly?: And Other Fearless Investigations into Our Illogical Language - Hardcover
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The author presents a thorough examination of the origin of words with peculiar and oddball histories as he traces the idiosyncrasies of the English language
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About the Author
David Feldman is the author of ten previous volumes of Imponderables(R). He has a master's degree in popular culture from Bowling Green State University in Ohio and consults and lectures on the media. He lives in New York City.
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Bestselling author and pop-culture pundit David Feldman demystifies our language's most curious cliches and quips. From cooties and mugwumps to Ps and Qs and Peeping Tom, this is a doozie of a diversion.
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