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Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from Arabic, French or Dutch? Try admiral, landscape and marmalade just for starters. The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging account not only of the history of English, but also of how words witness history, reflect social change and remind us of our turbulent past. Henry Hitchings delves into our promiscuous language and reveals how and why it has absorbed words from more than 350 other languages many originating from the most unlikely of places, such as shampoo from Hindi and kiosk from Turkish. From the Norman Conquest to the present day, Hitchings narrates the story of English as an archive of our human experience and uncovers the secrets behind everyday words. This is a celebration of our language; after reading it, you will never again take the words we use for granted.

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但在比较世俗的作品中，人们每隔几页就会看到pisse（尿）和ferte（屁）的erse（屁股），然后咯咯地笑着。

而在今日，语言的数量正逐渐消减，我们更应珍惜语言的多样性，就像珍惜人类多样的兴趣、能力和传统。不同语言拥有各自的创意潜能，也以独特观点理解世界，并具体呈现其使用者的文化及历史，赐予其子民力量：这就是文明的四肢。各种语言盛开的繁华是如此灿烂，只能说单一语言的人即使再世故，也无法全然领会。不同文化会以微妙的方式相互影响，语言帝国间或许会和彼此决裂，但将仍藕断丝连。

venison这个词来自拉丁文venari（狩猎）

chocolate这个词来自西班牙文，最早源于阿兹提克人空灵缥缈的纳瓦特语，原本的名词是xocoatl，意为“苦味水”。

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Communication is essential to our lives, but how often do we stop to think about where the words we use have come from? Have you ever thought about which words in English have been borrowed from Arabic, French or Dutch? Try admiral, landscape and marmalade just for starters. The Secret Life of Words is a wide-ranging account not only of the history of English, but also of how words witness history, reflect social change and remind us of our turbulent past. Henry Hitchings delves into our promiscuous language and reveals how and why it has absorbed words from more than 350 other languages many originating from the most unlikely of places, such as shampoo from Hindi and kiosk from Turkish. From the Norman Conquest to the present day, Hitchings narrates the story of English as an archive of our human experience and uncovers the secrets behind everyday words. This is a celebration of our language; after reading it, you will never again take the words we use for granted.