Informal English

Name: Informal English
Brand: Simon & Schuster
SKU: 9780743254939
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Puncture Ladies, Egg Harbors, Mississippi Marbles, and Other Curious Words and Phrases of North America

Автор: Jeffrey Kacirk

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Корици: С меки корици

Издател: Simon & Schuster

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Gleaned from antiquated dictionaries, dialect glossaries, studies of folklore, nautical lexicons, hi...

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Автор

Jeffrey Kacirk

Език

Английски език

Корици

Книга - С меки корици

Издадена

2005

страници

256

EAN

9780743254939

ISBN

0743254937

Enbook ID

04670692

Издател

Simon & Schuster

Теглоt

273

Размери

140 x 214 x 18

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Gleaned from antiquated dictionaries, dialect glossaries, studies of folklore, nautical lexicons, historical writings, letters, novels, and miscellaneous sources, Informal English offers a captivating treasure trove of linguistic oddities that will not only entertain but also shed light on America's colloquial past. Among the gems are: * Surface-coal: cow dung, widely used for fuel in Texas * Bone-orchard: in the Southwest slang for a cemetery * Chawswizzled: "confounded" in Nebraskan idiom. "I'll be chawswizzled!" * Leather-ears: to Cape Cod inhabitants, a person of slow comprehension * Puncture lady: a southwestern expression for a woman who prefers to sit on the sidelines at a dance and gossip rather than dance, often puncturing someone's reputation Whether the entries are unexpected twists on familiar-sounding expressions or based on curious old customs, this wide-ranging assortment of vernacular Americanisms will amaze and amuse even the most hard-boiled curmudgeon.

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