(Izdošanas datums: 24-Sep-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691262291)
A spot-on guide to how and why Americans have become so bloody keen on Britishismsfor good or illThe British love to complain that words and phrases imported from Americafrom French fries to Awesome, man!are destroy...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 24-Sep-2024, Hardback, Izdevniecība: Princeton University Press, ISBN-13: 9780691262291)
A spot-on guide to how and why Americans have become so bloody keen on Britishismsfor good or illThe British love to complain that words and phrases imported from Americafrom French fries to Awesome, man!are destroy...Lasīt vairāk
Britspeak for Yanks!Back in 1887, Oscar Wilde wrote, We have really everything in common with America nowadays, except, of course, language. One would think, in a world homogenized by technology and social media, that differences bet...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Aug-2021, Other book format, Izdevniecība: Imbrifex Books, ISBN-13: 9781945501500)
Blimey, Im Knackered is the perfect companion for anyone desiring to bridge the gap between US and UK English or who simply enjoys the evolution of language and culture. American scholar and longtime UK resident Marshall Hall has organized his insi...Lasīt vairāk
Whats ILL in one place can be WACK in another, or the same word can actually have TOTES different meanings. Its CRAY CRAY! From KEWL girls hitting on HENCH boys to wannabe gangstas hangin with their DOGGS in the ENDZ, teen slang can leave...Lasīt vairāk
Out ...over the hill and then down the dip and through some lumpy bits. This was how the author used to describe the places he roamed during his childhood in rural Cornwall. He began collecting words for landscape features, words like jackstraw, za...Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 01-Jul-1997, Hardback, Izdevniecība: St. Martin's Press, ISBN-13: 9780312156886)
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A book of trivia for history buffs explores how people lived, what they ate, how they spoke, how they dressed, what games they played, and how their homes looked, from the sixteenth century to the present day. 15,000 first printing....Lasīt vairāk
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Provides American equivalents for nearly five thousand Briticisms and explains the history of each expression A reference designed to ease Americans confusion over British usage, explaining 5,000 British slang terms and common phrases, and t...Lasīt vairāk
