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Schott’s Significa: An Unexpectedly Essential Guide to Language by Ben Schott games 'One of the seminal booksThe Rosetta Stone for modern times Graydon Carter This truly remarkable book is quite unlike any other work of etymology or entertainment Andrew Roberts Ben Schott cannot write an inelegant sentence The Times SCHOTT IS BACK and better than ever. From the mind that created the million copy bestseller Schott's Original Miscellany comes an indispensable field guide to the hidden lore and language of our modern age. When do London cabbies take oranges and