Divided By A Common Language: A Guide To British And American English

Davies, Christopher E.

ISBN 10: 0618002758 / ISBN 13: 9780618002757

Editore: Houghton Mifflin, 2005

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Titolo: Divided By A Common Language: A Guide To ...

Casa editrice: Houghton Mifflin

Data di pubblicazione: 2005

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A witty and informative study of the linguistic gap between American and British English discusses differences in spelling, pronunciation, and vocabulary, as well as expressions that have vastly different meanings in the two countries and the cultural idiosyncracies of American and British language. Reprint.

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CHRISTOPHER DAVIES was born and raised in England and spent several years living in Australia and New Zealand. In 1980 he settled in Florida. The many unfamiliar expressions and pronunciations that he encountered in American English led him to write Divided by a Common Language.