Jackdaw Chatter - The Quarterly Magazine about Stow-cum-Quy
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(or via t’Internet)
All the way from ancient Greece and Rome to Orchard Street, Quy. Nigel Brown
has just unleashed his own inimitable brand of humour and quirky fact-finding
onto the unsuspecting British public with the publication of his new book.
Entitled ‘Nike, Nurses and Neon’, it’s a light-hearted look
at how the English we speak today is full of influences from the classical
languages of Greek and Latin.
If you’ve ever wondered how the Atlantic and Pacific oceans got their
names, why Hibernian play in green or why your Achilles heel is so called,
then this is the book for you. (Alternatively, it’s the ideal Christmas
present for the person you always find it difficult to buy for, as well as
being a must-have accessory for crossworders and pub quiz enthusiasts.)
Published by Metro Books and priced at a very modest £9.99 in hardback,
the book is available from Heffers, Waterstones and Borders in Cambridge.
It is also available from Internet retailer Amazon at www.amazon.co.uk. Apart
from interesting trivia on all subjects from Architecture and Astronomy to
the signs of the Zodiac and the animals in the Zoo, you’ll also find
plenty of amusing personal anecdotes.
(In return for this page of shameless self-promotion in Jackdaw Chatter, Nigel
has donated £25.00 to the Jackdaw Club.)
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