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	Michael Quinion writes about International English from a British viewpoint. Hundreds of pages on the history, origins, evolution and idiosyncrasies of English, with features on new words and words in the news.
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): The origins of quirky English words and phrases like "In like Flynn" and "blackmail."
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): Categorized etymologies of phrases.
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): A list of some curious word origins.

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