Bibliograph

Not a pig. not from guinea., Andrew Taubman, Misleading Places of Origin in Everyday English

Type

Label

Not a pig. not from guinea., Andrew Taubman, Misleading Places of Origin in Everyday English

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Not a pig. not from guinea.

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Responsibility statement

Andrew Taubman

Summary

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

Target audience

adult

Creator