Do's and taboos of using English around the world
By: Roger E. Axtell ; illustrations by Mike Fornwald.
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 1995
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: English language -- Foreign countries -- Usage.; Communication, International -- Anecdotes.; English language -- Business English.; Americans -- Foreign countries.; English language -- Usage.
Description: Helps the traveler to avoid miscommunications by pointing out important differences between American English and the English spoken in Great Britain, Canada, Australia, and South Africa. Also has sections on communicating with speakers of Japanese, German, French, Italian, Spanish, and Chinese.
Notes: Includes index.