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Title: This is a bathroom book.
Review: Make no mistake- the authors are not wrong. Each "myth" they cite, they are linguistically correct to eschew. But frankly, the book is dull. The sections are too short to do justice to the material, and only the barest surface explanations are skimmed. In some cases, one comes away with the idea that the author is right because he says he is right; you'll just have to take his word on it. Do yourself a favor and get Pinker or McWhorter or refer to the texts the segments in this book originate from. Never in my life has linguistics seemed quite so boring as this book makes it out to be.
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