The Life of Guy: Guy Fawkes, the Gunpowder Plot, and the Unlikely History of an Indispensable Word

by Allan Metcalf

Book Overview

Had you said "What a guy " in 17th-century England, anyone would have understood you were admiring a flaming effigy of Guy Fawkes of the Gunpowder Treason Plot.

How times have changed In America and, indeed, most of the English-speaking world, "guy" is so embedded in daily speech that we scarcely notice how odd it truly is: a singular "guy" referring to males only, a plural "guys" encompassing the entire human race. The journey from England's...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190669209
• ISBN13: 9780190669201
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.2" x 7.1"