Listening to America
Subtitle: an illustrated history of words and phrases from our lively and splendid past
By: by Stuart Berg Flexner.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 1982
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 591
Subjects: Americanisms; English language -- Etymology; English language -- United States -- History
Description: An illustrated survey of the origins, evolutions, and meanings of thousands of phrases, and expressions unique to American English adds up to an entertaining, reliable history of modern American idioms and speech.
Notes: Includes index.