British English A to ZEd (The Facts on File Writer's Library)
Besides the familiarlorryandpub, the approximately 5,500 Briticisms covered in this dictionary include words and phrases that will be unknown to many Americans as well as terms used in both the U.S and Britain but that have different meanings (lame duck, for example, which in Britain means a person unable to cope). Entries indicate the American equivalent for each Briticism and usually provide additional explanation. Appendixes outline the basic differences between British and American English regarding syntax, pronunciation, punctuation, and spelling, and provide a means of identifying terms in specific areas, includingcricket, currency, andweights and measures.An index to American equivalents completes the volume. New to this edition arearmcake,gastropub, andlager lout, among others. Cheers!Mary Ellen QuinnCopyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved--This text refers to theHardcoveredition.