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1 online resource (90 entries : 1 images) : digital files. |
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Guide to pronunciation and other symbols used -- How did British and American English become so different? -- Some answers -- The industrial revolution -- Countries that enriched the American language -- Pronouncing British place names -- Tips for the tourist -- At the airport -- At the hotel -- Practical information -- Automobiles -- Gasoline (petrol) -- Telephones -- For the technically minded -- Plumbing -- Electricity -- Institutions and services -- The postal system -- Banking -- The currency -- Restaurants -- Bars -- Shopping -- Pronunciation of food names -- Some different cooking measurements -- Groceries known by different names -- Clothing and shoes known by different names -- Schools -- Health care -- The political systems -- Museums -- The theatre -- Differences in customs and etiquette -- Transportation -- Pronunciation and grammar -- Spelling -- Sundry terms -- Some different furnishing terms -- Some different terms for tools -- Some different medical terms -- Carnival (funfair) terms -- Some different gardening terms -- What not to say -- Idioms and expressions -- Notes on symbols and abbreviations -- Miscellaneous information -- UK-US lexicon -- US-UK lexicon -- Explanations -- Other varieties of English -- Canada -- Australia -- New Zealand -- South Africa -- Cockney rhyming slang. |
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Access restricted to authorized users and institutions. |
| Summary |
Puzzled by signs warning you to mind the gap in the London Underground? Wondering what will be on your plate if you order toad in the hole off the menu of a London café? Unable to suss out what people in the UK mean to say? Then mug up on your British English with Divided By A Common Language: A Guide to British and American English. Author Christopher Davies explains all of these expressions - along with hundreds more - and discusses the many differences in pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary between British and American English. Two large glossaries help both American and British travelers translate easily from one variety of English to the other. With Divided by a Common Language in hand, Americans and Britons can leap the language gap between the US and the UK with confidence. |
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Also available in print version. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Description based on title page of print version. |
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English language -- Great Britain -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
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English language -- United States -- Glossaries, vocabularies, etc.
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English language -- Variation -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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English language -- Variation -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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English language -- Great Britain -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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English language -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Electronic books.
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Credo Reference (Firm)
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Print version: 0618911626 9780618911622 (DLC) 2009284930 viii, 248 p. |
| ISBN |
9781849728072 (online) |
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0618911626 (pbk.) |
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9780618911622 (pbk.) |
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