by Albert Jack · Penguin · tapa dura · ISBN 9780140515732
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«Shaggy Dogs and Black Sheep» is Albert Jack's essay on the origins of English expressions, published by Penguin in hardback (272 pages, in English).
English is full of sayings and set phrases used daily without knowing where they come from. Albert Jack investigates the history of these expressions and finds roots in seafaring life, the military and the law, traditions that have ended up shaping everyday speech.
The full subtitle is 'The Origins of Even More Phrases We Use Every Day'. Albert Jack is also the author of the bestseller 'Red Herrings and White Elephants'. The book was published in 2005.
Aimed at general readers interested in the English language, etymology and the stories behind popular sayings.
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Jack Pinoteau or Jacques Pinoteau was a French film director born at Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines. A brother of Claude Pinoteau and Arlette Merry, he is mostly known for his direction of the film Le Triporteur, after a novel by René Fallet which made Darry Cowl famous.
