Mother Tongue (1990)
by Bill Bryson
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A fun and interesting look into what makes English such a great language. It deals not only with the development of the 'mother tongue' but also how the various English speaking nations have adapted the language. How can so many people speak the same language and still not understand each other? This just goes part of the way towards helping us to answer the question!

emac52 November 23rd, 2006 07:06 AM PST