Bagels, Bumf, and Buses: A day in the life of the English language by Simon Horobin, 2019

Where do our everyday words come from? The bagel you eat for breakfast, the bumf you have to wade through at the office, and the bus that takes you home again: we use these words without thinking about their origins or how their meanings have changed over time.

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