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Publication details [#40851]

Kaye, Alan S. 2004. Folk etymology: alive and kicking in the 21st century. English Today 20 (3) : 55–56.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

folk etymology | newspaper report

Place, Publisher

Cambridge University Press

Journal WWW

journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

This paper focuses on ‘folk etymology’ in America's leading daily newspapers, contemplating the etymology of the phrase ‘so long’ when utilized to mean ‘good-bye’.