American English compendium [electronic resource] : a portable guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical lingo, and nooks and crannies of American English, fourth edition/ Rubinstein, Marv.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2014.Description: 543 pISBN: - 9781442232822
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Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 1: American Spoken Here-English Understood.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 2: Proverbs, Slogans, and Aphorisms.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 3: Popular American Expressions.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 4: Proverbial Commentaries: Some Wise, some Witty, and Some Just Historical.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 5: Similes and Metaphors Indicating Extremes.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 6: A Pronounced Difference: A Mare's Nest of English Spelling and Punctuation.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 7: American Slang and Colloquialisms.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 8: Oddball American English Words.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 9: British vs. American English (and Vice Versa).
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 10. Worldwide English.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 11: Foreign Words and Phrases Frequently Used in English.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 12: Common American Legal Terms.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 13: Common American Medical Terms.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 14: Business Colloquialisms, Slang, and Acronyms.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 15: Neologisms.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 16: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 17: Acronyms, Abbreviations, and Initialisms in the Computer, Internet, and Communications Industries.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 18: From Where Do You Hail?.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 19: For the Symbol Minded.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 20: Currencies of the World.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 21: International Measurements.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 22: Baby Talk.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 23: The Birds and the Trees.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 24: The Colorful American Language.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 25: Color Commentaries.
Chapter, Lesson, Part Chapter 26: Language and Laughter.
Cover, Title,American English compendium: a portable guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical lingo, and nooks and crannies of American English, fourth edition--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Contents--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Preface--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Acknowledgments--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Prologue to the Fourth Revised Edition--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Foreword--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Guide to the Use of This Book--Preface, Introduction, TOC,Introduction--References, Appendix, Index,Postscript to the Fourth Edition--References, Appendix, Index,Bibliography--References, Appendix, Index,Index.
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