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David Else
ISBN: 9781864502862
Format: Paperback
Publisher:Lonely Planet Publications Ltd
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
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Presents the history of British English language and culture; how to speak it and its place in life and society. This book includes an easy-to-use lexicon index; terms for food and drink, sports and entertainment; and, sections on the Welsh and Scottish. It covers slang, jargon, common misunderstandings, humorous and quirky expressions, and more.
This book presents the history of British English language and culture; how to speak it and its place in life and society. It includes: a useful and easy-to-use lexicon index; terms for food and drink, and sports and entertainment; and, sections on the Welsh and Scottish. It is packed with slang, jargon, common misunderstandings, humorous and quirky expressions; and is an interesting reading for people who want to know about British English and it's differences to American/Australian English.
| ISBN | 186450286X | | Volumes | 1 | | ISBN13 | 9781864502862
(What's this?) | | Weight (grammes) | 127 | | Publisher | Lonely Planet Publications Ltd | | Published in | Hawthorn, Victoria | | Imprint | Lonely Planet Publications | | Series title | Lonely Planet Language Reference | | Format | Paperback | | Previous ISBN | 9780864424846 | | Publication date | 01 Mar 2007 | | Height (mm) | 140 | | DEWEY | 428.3421 | | Width (mm) | 92 | | DEWEY edition | DC22 | | Spine width (mm) | 12 | | Pages | 256 | | Academic level | General |
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This pocket-sized book plunges right into the meaning of scores of colorful but baffling expressions one encounters in British English...' --Chicago Tribune, August 5, 2007  Be the first to write a customer review
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