Title: A Certain “Je Ne Sais Quoi”: The Origin of Foreign Words Used in English
Author: Chloe Rhodes
Pages: 177 Pages
The Blurb
A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi is an accessible and entertaining treasury of information that ‘connoisseurs’ (French) of the English language will love!
The Review
Ok. So technically this isn’t a book set in France. I was misled by the title and my crazy inability to read a blurb but oh well.
A Certain Je Ne Sais Quoi was actually really interesting. It is about the origin of words and the history behind them. As an English graduate and a really big word geek (that is a geek for words, not just really big words – yes, that was a hanging modifier) I found this rather fascinating.
If, like me, you love words then this is a simple and funny book – a light-hearted read which is made all the more fun by the accompanying illustrations.
A Certain “Je Ne Sais Quoi”: The Origin of Foreign Words Used in English by Chloe Rhodes is available now.
