British English A to Zed

Author(s)

• Schur, Norman W.
• Ehrlich, Eugene H.
• Ehrlich, Richard

Bibliographic Information

British English A to Zed

Norman W. Schur ; revised by Eugene Ehrlich and Richard Ehrlich

（Facts on File writer's library）

Checkmark Books, c2007

3rd ed

• pbk: alk. paper

Note

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

General readers and language lovers alike will have immediate access to an alphabetical listing of more than 5,500 "Briticisms" and their correlating "Americanisms" in this fully revised and updated volume. Featured in this new edition are several hundred new entries; lively discussions of British language, pronunciation, punctuation, style, usage, and culture; and special sections on units of measure, automotive terms, cricket terms, and more. The new entries include: chav; gastropub; gutted; happy as Larry; new labour; throw a wobbly; and more.

by "Nielsen BookData"

Details

• NCID: BA88310800
• ISBN:
  • 9780816064564
• LCCN: 2006009126
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: xii, 466 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PE1704
  • DC22 : 423/.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : English language -- Great Britain -- Dictionaries
  • LCSH : Great Britain -- Civilization -- Dictionaries
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA54851708