(For those outside the Commonwealth, "nonce" these days tends to mean paedophile.)
This cover image was also used elsewhere.
Both of these images taken from the fantastic and huge BookScans site.
Wednesday, 22 October 2008
Unfortunate Linguistic Drift
Sometimes a word develops a different meaning over time, making an already existing book just a wee bit less appealing.
(For those outside the Commonwealth, "nonce" these days tends to mean paedophile.)
This cover image was also used elsewhere.
Both of these images taken from the fantastic and huge BookScans site.
(For those outside the Commonwealth, "nonce" these days tends to mean paedophile.)
This cover image was also used elsewhere.
Both of these images taken from the fantastic and huge BookScans site.
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