Not a Pig. Not from Guinea.: Misleading Places of Origin in Everyday English

by Andrew Taubman

Overview

Guinea pigs are from South America yet Guinea is in Africa! And of course they are not like pigs. Why do we call them Guinea Pigs?

Not a Pig Not from Guinea is a light-hearted book about the misleading place-names we use for ordinary things in everyday English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781456632236
Publisher:	eBookIt.com
Publication date:	11/22/2018
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	130
File size:	8 MB