American English compendium a portable guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical lingo, and nooks and crannies of American English, fourth edition/ [electronic resource] :
Rubinstein, Marv.
- The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, 2014.
- 543 p.
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. Chapter, Lesson, Part 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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