Mighty fine words and smashing expressions : making sense of transatlantic English
- Title
- Mighty fine words and smashing expressions : making sense of transatlantic English / Orin Hargraves.
- Published by
- Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2003.
- Author
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Details
- Description
- xiii, 305 pages; 25 cm
- Summary
- "Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions: Making Sense of Transatlantic English is a practical and engaging guide to sorting out the differences between American and British English. Written with a culturally neutral stance, this book catalogs the differences between the "two" languages. Not simply a collection of lists, the chapters of this book are arranged around important and familiar topics, including Education; the Government and the Law; Money, Business, and Work; Sickness and Health; Food, Clothing, and Shelter; Transport(ation); Sport(s) and Leisure; and What You Don't Say." "Entertaining and fun, Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions contains comprehensive word and subject indexes, making it an invaluable resource for word-lovers, English teachers, media junkies, and travel(l)ers back and forth across the pond."--Jacket.
- Subject
- Contents
- The arrangement of letters -- A choice of words -- Money, business, and work -- The government and the law -- Education -- Sickness and health -- Food, clothing, and shelter -- Transport(ation) -- Sport(s) and leisure -- What you don't say -- The stuff of life -- Other major dialects -- Idioms and phrasal verbs -- Measures and numbers -- The transatlantic calendar.
- Owning institution
- Princeton University Library
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 289-295) and indexes.