Horrible Words Av Rebecca Gowers

<p><b>''Stuffed with entertaining detail ... <i>Horrible Words</i> is lively, provocative, witty and enlightening'' </b><i><b>The Times</b><br><br></i>Nothing inflames the language purists like an illogical <i>irregardless</i> or a hideous <i>otherization</i>. But is it enough simply to dismiss these words as vile and barbarous howlers? Taking a genial tour far and wide through our linguistic badlands, Rebecca Gowers finds answers that are helpful, surprising and often extremely funny.<br><br>''Exuberant, erudite, informative and fun ... a call on all English-speakers to trust their own feel for their language, to relish their verbal inventiveness and to do battle against the pedants who tell them they are wrong'' Michael Skapinker, <i>Financial Times</i><br><br> ''A very useful book, packed with good historical sense'' Lynne Truss, <i>The Times</i></p>