Michael Quinion

Michael Quinion is a lexicographer and author of several books on etymology. He also runs World Wide Words, a website on "the curiosities of native English speech".

Publications

 * 2004: Port Out Starboard Home: And Other Language Myths, Penguin Books ISBN 0140515348, published in the USA as Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds by the Smithsonian Institution Press ISBN 1588342190
 * 2006: Gallimaufry: A Hodgepodge of Our Vanishing Vocabulary Oxford University Press ISBN 0-19-861062-9
 * 2008: ''Why is Q Always Followed by U? Penguin Books ISBN: 978-1-846-14184-3