An edition of American English Compendium (1997)

American English Compendium

A Portable Guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical llingo, and nooks and crannies of American English

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An edition of American English Compendium (1997)

American English Compendium

A Portable Guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical llingo, and nooks and crannies of American English

A fun way to explore the nuances of the English language -- learn that a group of lions is called a pride; A group of whales, a pod; one of owls a parliament. Distinguish between a quack and a shyster. Learn that "tabling a motion" in a U.S. Court has an opposite meaning to the same term in England. This book picks up where other language dictionaries leave off: it includes common proverbs, a sampling of American English vs. British English, popular American expressions and slang, acronyms, and varied information on everything from wildlife to currency. In this new edition, the staples have been updated, and fresh chapters, including spelling, punctuation, and pronunciation; odd-ball English words, and even "youthspeak," which deals with Twitterspeak and other online language. - Publisher.

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American English Compendium: A Portable Guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical llingo, and nooks and crannies of American English
2014, Rowman and Littlefield Publishers, Rowman & Littlefield
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American English Compendium
2011, Taylor Trade Publishing
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Table of Contents

Prologue to the revised fourth edition
Guide to the use of this book
Introduction
American spoken here, English understood
Proverbs, slogans, and aphorisms
Popular American expressions
Proverbial commentaries
Similes and metaphors indicating extremes
A pronounced difference
American slang and colloquialisms
Oddball American English words
British vs. American English (and vice versa)
Worldwide English
Foreign words and phrases frequently used in English
Common American legal terms
Common American medical terms
Business colloquialisms, slang, and acronyms
Neologisms
Acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms
Acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms in the computer, internet, and communications industries
From where do you hail?
For the symbol minded
Currencies of the world
International measurements
Baby talk
The birds and the trees
The colorful American language
Color commentaries
Language and laughter
Postscript to the fourth edition

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Lanham, MD

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Library of Congress
PE2835.R83 2014, PE2835 .R83 2014

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Format
Paperback
Pagination
xviii, 524 p.
Number of pages
524
Dimensions
24 x x centimeters

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25650644M
ISBN 10
144223282X
ISBN 13
9781442232822
LCCN
2014011547
OCLC/WorldCat
868042696

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OL8601137W

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