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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

Explore Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue by John McWhorter: 6 Hacker News mentions from 6 participants in 2007-02-22–2026-11-01. Read original excerpts, compare opinions and save this book.

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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue
John McWhorter
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Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue

6 mentions · 6 participants · 5 recommenders

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Ddavidw
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I recently read his book, "Our Magnificent Bastard Tongue", and while it was a little bit unbalanced (he spends far too long dwelling on certain points), I really enjoyed it.

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