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Toponymity: An Atlas of Words

Author: John Bemelmans Marciano.

Toponymity: An Atlas of Words

Author: John Bemelmans Marciano.

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Item #: D21912
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 176
Publication Date: 2010
Publisher: Bloomsbury
ISBN: 9781608193707
It's no secret that America's cookouts owe a lot to the exports of the European towns of Frankfurt and Hamburg, but we may not realize how much we've also taken from Budweis and Pilsen. Likewise, we know who to thank for Panama hats and Bermuda shorts. But did you know that Tuxedo Park, New York, brought Americans a staple of formal wear? Or that the Bikini ... More
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It's no secret that America's cookouts owe a lot to the exports of the European towns of Frankfurt and Hamburg, but we may not realize how much we've also taken from Budweis and Pilsen. Likewise, we know who to thank for Panama hats and Bermuda shorts. But did you know that Tuxedo Park, New York, brought Americans a staple of formal wear? Or that the Bikini Atoll gave us something a bit less formal to wear? In his ingenious follow-up to Anonyponymous, John Bemelmans Marciano brings us a geographical new perspective on everyday words, revealing our linguistic heritage in all its richness and—to use another toponym—serendipity. Witty, hand-drawn maps abound.


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