Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Americanisms--old & New
Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 592
Book Description
That's Not English
Author: Erin Moore
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473523362
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
In this brilliant transatlantic survival guide, Erin Moore examines the key differences between the British and the Americans through their language. You’ll discover why Americans give – and take – so many bloody compliments and never, ever say ‘shall’ (well hardly ever), as well as what the British really mean when they say ‘proper’, why they believe it is better to be bright than clever and how the word sorry has at least eight different meanings for them.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1473523362
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
In this brilliant transatlantic survival guide, Erin Moore examines the key differences between the British and the Americans through their language. You’ll discover why Americans give – and take – so many bloody compliments and never, ever say ‘shall’ (well hardly ever), as well as what the British really mean when they say ‘proper’, why they believe it is better to be bright than clever and how the word sorry has at least eight different meanings for them.
Americanisms and Briticisms
Author: Brander Matthews
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : American literature
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Americanisms - Old & New
Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded As Peculiar to the United States
Author: John Russell Bartlett
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015576674
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Publisher: Legare Street Press
ISBN: 9781015576674
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Americanisms, Old & New
Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 318
Book Description
Americanisms - Old & New
Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 590
Book Description
The American Language
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 526
Book Description
That's The Way It Crumbles
Author: Matthew Engel
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782832629
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Are we tired of hearing that fall is a season, sick of being offered fries and told about the latest movie? Yeah. Have we noticed the sly interpolation of Americanisms into our everyday speech? You betcha. And are we outraged? Hell, yes. But do we do anything? Too much hassle. Until now. In That's The Way It Crumbles Matthew Engel presents a call to arms against the linguistic impoverishment that happens when one language dominates another. With dismay and wry amusement, he traces the American invasion of our language from the early days of the New World, via the influence of Edison, the dance hall and the talkies, right up to the Apple and Microsoft-dominated present day, and explores the fate of other languages trying to fend off linguistic takeover bids. It is not the Americans' fault, more the result of their talent for innovation and our own indifference. He explains how America's cultural supremacy affects British gestures, celebrations and way of life, and how every paragraph and conversation includes words the British no longer even think of as Americanisms. Part battle cry, part love song, part elegy, this book celebrates the strange, the banal, the precious and the endangered parts of our uncommon common language.
Publisher: Profile Books
ISBN: 1782832629
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 312
Book Description
Are we tired of hearing that fall is a season, sick of being offered fries and told about the latest movie? Yeah. Have we noticed the sly interpolation of Americanisms into our everyday speech? You betcha. And are we outraged? Hell, yes. But do we do anything? Too much hassle. Until now. In That's The Way It Crumbles Matthew Engel presents a call to arms against the linguistic impoverishment that happens when one language dominates another. With dismay and wry amusement, he traces the American invasion of our language from the early days of the New World, via the influence of Edison, the dance hall and the talkies, right up to the Apple and Microsoft-dominated present day, and explores the fate of other languages trying to fend off linguistic takeover bids. It is not the Americans' fault, more the result of their talent for innovation and our own indifference. He explains how America's cultural supremacy affects British gestures, celebrations and way of life, and how every paragraph and conversation includes words the British no longer even think of as Americanisms. Part battle cry, part love song, part elegy, this book celebrates the strange, the banal, the precious and the endangered parts of our uncommon common language.
Americanisms - Old & New
Author: John Stephen Farmer
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Americanisms
Languages : en
Pages : 564
Book Description