Home-grown English
Subtitle: how Americans invented themselves and their language
By: Jeffrey McQuain.
Contributors: McQuain, Jeff, 1955-
Publisher: Random House Reference
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 278
Subjects: English language -- United States -- Terms and phrases.; English language -- United States -- Etymology.; Figures of speech.; Americanisms.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-267) and index.
Originally published by Random House as: Never enough words : how Americans invented expressions as ingenious, ornery, and colorful as themselves, c1999.
Table of contents: title: Personally speaking, the American spirit; title: Intellectually speaking, the American mind; title: Emotionally speaking, the American heart.