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The New Comprehensive American Rhyming Dictionary (Harperresource Books)
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by:
Young, Sue
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Publisher:
HarperResource
Published: November 1, 1991
ISBN: 0380713926
Format:Paperback
Pages:622
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Book Description
From Library Journal
Having used various rhyming dictionaries in the past and found them "difficult to work with, unimaginative, and terribly outdated," Young conceived and compiled her own over a 20-year period. Notable among the 65,000 entries are
slang, colloquialisms, phrases, and near-rhymes (pretty/giddy, lemon/women) such as those used by rappers. A student of linguistics, Young employs a simple system of letters to signify sounds, and she groups rhymes by number of syllables. The rhymes
reflect variations in American speech. Unlike some rhyming dictionaries, this one omits frequently added matter such as principles of prosody or advice on versification. Users of rhyming dictionaries prefer one over the others due to familiarity, format,
or vocabulary; likely many wordsmiths, lyricists, and poets will come to favor this new and entertaining version.
- William A. Donovan, Chicago P.L.
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable
edition of this title.
Product Description:
An essential tool for writers, poets, punsters, lyricists, wits, and language lovers everywhere!
THE NEW COMPREHENSIVE AMERICAN RHYMING DICTIONARY is, by far, the sassiest, most fun,
complete andup-to-date book of its kind on the market. This remarkablecompendium contains over 65,000 words, phrases, andcolloquialisms--a gold mine of rhyme certain to aid anddelight everyone who works with language, from the amateurpoet to the
professional wordsmith.
Why rhyme "moon" with "June"...when you can use "Brigadoon", "Daniel Boone", or "picayune" instead?
A cornucopia of rhymes for exasperating, difficult-to-match words...such as "system", "hemophilia", and
"Khrushchev".
Easy-to-use and read, with entries arranged by sound rather than spelling.
Authoritative and up-to-the-minute...including the latest in slang, idioms and buzz words.
Whether you're a composer searching for the
perfect songlyric or a wit who revels in constructing limericks, here isyour key to a bold new world of creative cleverness-an idealreference book for the Cole Porter in all of us!
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