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Made in America: An Informal History of the English Language in the United States (Reprint Edition) by Bill Bryson Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 2001 ISBN-10: 0-380-71543-0 / 0380715430 ISBN-13: 978-0-380-71543-5 / 9780380715435 Who would have thought that a book about English would be so entertaining? Certainly not this grammar-allergic reviewer, but The Mother Tongue pulls it off admirably. Bill Bryson--a zealot--is the right man for the job. Who else could rhapsodize about "the colorless murmur of the schwa" with a s |