American English Compendium
Subtitle: A Portable Guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical llingo, and nooks and crannies of American English
Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield Publishers; Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 524
ISBN-13: 9781442232822
Table of contents: title: Prologue to the revised fourth edition; title: Guide to the use of this book; title: Introduction; title: American spoken here, English understood; title: Proverbs, slogans, and aphorisms; title: Popular American expressions; title: Proverbial commentaries; title: Similes and metaphors indicating extremes; title: A pronounced difference; title: American slang and colloquialisms; title: Oddball American English words; title: British vs. American English (and vice versa); title: Worldwide English; title: Foreign words and phrases frequently used in English; title: Common American legal terms; title: Common American medical terms; title: Business colloquialisms, slang, and acronyms; title: Neologisms; title: Acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms; title: Acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms in the computer, internet, and communications industries; title: From where do you hail?; title: For the symbol minded; title: Currencies of the world; title: International measurements; title: Baby talk; title: The birds and the trees; title: The colorful American language; title: Color commentaries; title: Language and laughter; title: Postscript to the fourth edition