About the Author

David Crystal is the author of The Story of English in 100 Words and Honorary Professor of Linguistics at the University of Wales, Bangor. In 1995, he was awarded the Order of the British Empire for services to the English language. He lives in the United Kingdom.

Reviews

"The best word book to come down the pike in many a moon...An ingenious idea, and only David Crystal could have pulled it off." --Patricia T. O'Conner and Stewart Kellerman, authors of Origins of the Specious: Myths and Misconceptions of the English Language and bloggers at Grammarphobia.com, on The Story of English in 100 Words "Brisk [and] exuberant...Crystal delights in exposing all the many wacky ways we English speakers make new words." --San Francisco Chronicle on The Story of English in 100 Words