“You can’t stop language, because when all’s said and done is never.” In her witty account of the origins of many English words and expressions, Deborah

Across time and cultures, poets and astronomers have often asked the same questions about outer space, and about ourselves.

Did you know Thomas Edison proposed to his wife in Morse code? Or that the CIA considered covering Castro’s shoes in thallium to get rid of his iconic beard?

As in the first volume of Strange Bedfellows, etymologically related words, most surprisingly so (strange bedfellows), are used to construct amusing and/or amaz

Etymologically-related words, most surprisingly so (strange bedfellows), are used to construct amusing and/or amazing pairs, phrases and whole sentences, mostly