The Life of Guy: Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the Unlikely History of an Indispensable Word
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Had you said "What a guy " in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder Treason Plot. How times have changed In America and, indeed, most of the English-speaking world, "guy" is so embedded in daily speech that we scarcely notice how odd it truly is: a singular "guy" referring to males only, a plural "guys" encompassing the entire human race. The journey from England's...
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0190669209
ISBN13:9780190669201
Release Date:September 2019
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:176 Pages
Weight:0.58 lbs.
Dimensions:0.9" x 5.2" x 7.1"
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