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British English for American Readers
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by:
Grote, David
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Publisher:
Greenwood Press
Published: August 30, 1992
ISBN: 0313278512
Format:Hardcover
Pages:728
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Book Description
From Library Journal
For Americans facing British culture in books, on TV, or in other media, this dictionary really fills a void. What is bubble and squeak ? How do you roger ? Who is a yob ? Can these words be used in polite society? Most of us know
about "reading" law at university, but what does a student achieve with A-levels and O-levels? Who says any road instead of anyway ? Where are the Home Counties? This dictionary answers questions like these and more that our American dictionaries of the
English language don't. It's also great fun to read for no reason at all. Recommended for most collections.
- Kitty Chen Dean, Nassau Coll., Garden City, N.Y.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Product Description:
For the
legions of American readers of British fiction, as well as viewers of British film and television imports, this helpful and entertaining guide defines the kinds of things that British authors thought needed no explanation. Part dictionary, part
guidebook, part almanac, it deals with British culture in general, comprising entries on hundreds of terms, items, and names that have the potential to confuse readers who know only American English. A true "companion" to British literature, it
encompasses not authors and literary history, but slang, bureaucracy, political, legal, and social customs and institutions--the stuff of historical and contemporary daily life as reflected in fiction. Organized alphabetically, the dictionary also
features six appendixes providing background information and an extensive bibliography.
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