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American English Compendium
A Portable Guide to the Idiosyncrasies, Subtleties, Technical Lingo, and Nooks and Crannies of American English
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2014
Summary
The American English Compendium is a fun way to explore the nuances of the English language—learn that a group of lions is called a pride; a group of whales, a pod; and a group of owls, a parliament. Distinguish between a quack and a shyster. Learn that “tabling a motion” in a U.S. court has an opposite meaning from the same term in England. This book picks up where other language dictionaries leave off: it includes common proverbs, a sampling of American English versus British English, popular American expressions and slang, acronyms, and varied information on everything from wildlife to currency. In this new edition, the staples have been updated and fresh chapters have been added, with information on pronunciation, oddball English words, and even some of the new Internet terminology, including Twitterspeak.
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Copyright year
2014
ISBN-Print
978-1-4422-3282-2
ISBN-Online
978-1-4422-3283-9
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
524
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Contents No access
Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
Prologue to the Fourth Revised Edition No access
Foreword No access
Guide to the Use of This Book No access
Introduction No access Pages 1 - 2
CHAPTER 1. American Spoken Here—English Understood No access Pages 3 - 18
CHAPTER 2. Proverbs, Slogans, and Aphorisms No access Pages 19 - 72
CHAPTER 3. Popular American Expressions No access Pages 73 - 84
CHAPTER 4. Proverbial Commentaries: SOME WISE, SOME WITTY, AND SOME JUST HISTORICAL No access Pages 85 - 96
CHAPTER 5. Similes and Metaphors Indicating Extremes No access Pages 97 - 104
CHAPTER 6. A Pronounced Difference: A MARE’S NEST OF ENGLISH SPELLING AND PUNCTUATION No access Pages 105 - 108
CHAPTER 7. American Slang and Colloquialisms No access Pages 109 - 160
CHAPTER 8. Oddball American English Words No access Pages 161 - 166
CHAPTER 9. British vs. American English (and Vice Versa) No access Pages 167 - 266
CHAPTER 10. Worldwide English No access Pages 267 - 280
CHAPTER 11. Foreign Words and Phrases Frequently Used in English No access Pages 281 - 302
CHAPTER 12. Common American Legal Terms No access Pages 303 - 332
CHAPTER 13. Common American Medical Terms No access Pages 333 - 392
CHAPTER 14. Business Colloquialisms, Slang, and Acronyms No access Pages 393 - 402
CHAPTER 15. Neologisms No access Pages 403 - 408
CHAPTER 16. Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms No access Pages 409 - 430
CHAPTER 17. Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms in the Computer, Internet, and Communications Industries No access Pages 431 - 444
CHAPTER 18. From Where Do You Hail? No access Pages 445 - 456
CHAPTER 19. For the Symbol Minded No access Pages 457 - 460
CHAPTER 20. Currencies of the World No access Pages 461 - 464
CHAPTER 21. International Measurements No access Pages 465 - 468
CHAPTER 22. Baby Talk No access Pages 469 - 470
CHAPTER 23. The Birds and the Trees No access Pages 471 - 484
CHAPTER 24. The Colorful American Language No access Pages 485 - 488
CHAPTER 25. Color Commentaries No access Pages 489 - 496
CHAPTER 26. Language and Laughter No access Pages 497 - 500
Postscript to the Fourth Edition No access Pages 501 - 502
