Explains British and American slang and idiomatic expressions, and includes brief anecdotes about verbal misunderstandings between Britishers and Americans.
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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Comprehensive, but a little outdated,
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This review is from: British American Language Dictionary (Paperback)
Norman Moss's book makes a good attempt at comparing British and American English. I think some of the words and expressions are a litte dated, but on the whole he's made a fair attempt at this difficult task. Where he slips up is when a word such as firefly is known in both countries. He indicates that lightning bug is American, and firefly is British; however firefly is also well known in America. It would be nice to see a table comparing words which have very different meanings in the other country. e.g. cordial, homely and loft. I recently purchased "Divided by a Common Language" which has more accuracy and includes pronunciation and spelling differences.
16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Fun, informative, and accurate,
By A Customer
This review is from: British American Language Dictionary (Paperback)
This book was fun to read, informative, and accurate time and time again. It seems that the American slang is a bit dated, but the British slang is quite good. The other translations (nappy-diaper, panties-pants, etc.) seem to be good and far more stable than the ever slipping slang of each time. This book is fun, funny, and interesting.
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
British/American Laguage Dictionary,
By A Customer
This review is from: British American Language Dictionary (Paperback)
I was disappointed in this book. I was looking for help in writing a story set in England in 1860. This was not too much help. A language dictionary usually has an equivilant of the same word in the other language. I expected to look up an American word and find the British word. All I got was a definition of the American word without the British equivilent. I can look up definitions of Amereican words in most any dictionary I already have. He did somewhat better in converting British words to American. I think there is room for someone to write a British/ American dictionary like the French/English and Spanish/ English dictionaries I now own. Sorry, Mister Moss. Maybe I'll find the difference between pantalettes, drawers, bloomers, undies and knickers somewhere, but not in your book.
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