Charles Earle Funk (1881–1957) was an American lexicographer.[1][2][3]
He was a member of the Funk family who owned the publisher Funk & Wagnalls; Dr. Isaac Funk was his uncle.[4]
Funk wrote several etymological dictionaries, including Thereby Hangs a Tale: Stories of Curious Word Origins, A Hog On Ice & Other Curious Expressions, Heavens To Betsy & Other Curious Expressions, Horsefeathers and Other Curious Words, and 2107 Curious Word Origins, Sayings & Expressions: From White Elephants to Song & Dance.
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Sayings & Expressions from White Elephants to a Song and Dance by CharlesEarleFunk (Galahad Book, New York, 1993 Encyclopedia of Word and Phrase Origins...
the first syllable should be stressed: PEH-ti-na. (CharlesEarleFunk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.) She married Dr. Frank Bussey and...
Fiction, London 1708, p.72 Archived 2017-01-07 at the Wayback Machine CharlesEarleFunk, A Hog on Ice and other Curious Expressions, New York 1985, p.56 Gibbs...
Digest: "Pronounced as if it were spelled bruff." (CharlesEarleFunk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.) United States portal Politics portal...
2017. Web. 11 July 2017. "Heavens to Betsy" (1955, Harper & Row) by CharlesEarleFunk "There's a Nigger in the Fence". San Antonio Light. San Antonio, Texas...
"Prince Hilkoff's Adieu", The New York Times, October 21, 1896. CharlesEarleFunk, A Hog on Ice & Other Curious Expressions, (New York: Harper Colophon...
Dictionary of National Biography, Volume 21. p. 955. CharlesEarleFunk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk and Wagnalls, 1936. Bookbrowse [1]. Dido Davies. (1991)...
contributed long-term extraordinary or unselfish service to astronomy. CharlesEarleFunk (1936) What's the Name, Please?: A Guide to the Correct Pronunciation...
January 25, 1919. p. 531. Retrieved December 16, 2022. CharlesEarleFunk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936. Hilb, Rosemary. "The New Generation"...
rhymes with "Comrade" in the original Portuguese. See CharlesEarleFunk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936. Andrade, E.N. da C. (July 1962)...
Series, Vol. 51, No. 2 (Apr. – Jun. 1949), p. 341 CharlesEarleFunk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936 H. L. Mencken, Treatise on the Gods...
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Vol. I, chapter VIII. New York: James Pott & Co. CharlesEarleFunk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936. "What's In A Name?". Kerr Family...
"in three syllables, and g in get, bor-zay'gee." (CharlesEarleFunk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.) To gain a professional advantage...
"Ethnologue: Languages of the World". Retrieved 2007-06-10. CharlesEarleFunk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936. W.N. Sparhawk, "The History of Forestry...
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from this source, which is in the public domain. CharlesEarleFunk (1936), What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls American National Biography Dictionary...
fray-nay. At least, it is the way I pronounce it." (CharlesEarleFunk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936). Obituary: Pierre Fresnay. The Times...
ISBN 1-55798-345-3. "Yerkes National Primate Research Center". CharlesEarleFunk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936. "Naming Decisions". Diamond, Laura...
(PDF) on April 5, 2016. Retrieved November 17, 2012. CharlesEarleFunk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936. "General Notes". Popular Astronomy...
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