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Philip Durkin, The Oxford guide to etymology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009. Pp. x +350. Hardback £25.00.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 February 2011

Paul T. Roberge
Paul T. Roberge*
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Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB no. 3160 Dey Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599–3160, USAptr@email.unc.edu
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English Language & Linguistics , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , March 2011 , pp. 183 - 188
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