Celebrating a language that is spoken by 1.6 billion people, this entertaining analysis explores the international growth of English and gives an in-depth examination of its history. Explaining the differences and similarities between the eight English-languages—African, American, Australian/New Zealand, British, Canadian, Caribbean, East Asian, and South Asian—this survey reflects on both dialect and usage. With humor and fascinating facts, the book illustrates the changes implemented by English and evaluates the impact of other languages on English, asserting that it is truly the first global tongue.
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Howard Richler is the author of A Bawdy Language: How a Second-Rate Language Slept Its Way to the Top, The Dead Sea Scroll Palindromes, and Take My Words. He lives in Montreal, Quebec.
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Howard Richler is a name well-known to Candian word lovers through his weekly Speaking of Language column that he wrote in The Montreal Gazette from 1992 to 2006 and his Word Nerd column that he writes now in The Senior Times.
Howard also regularly writes for other newspapers and magazines, including , Globe & Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, Arts & Opinions, Canadian Jewish News and Lexpert. He has appeared on countless radio and television shows, including All in a Weekend, Pamela Wallin Live and Richler Inc.
In between all this, he has written six books
The Dead Sea Scroll Palindromes
Take My Words -A Wordaholic's Guide to the English Language
A Bawdy Language - How a Second-Rate Language Slept Its Way to
The Top
Global Mother Tongue - The Eight Flavours of English
Can I Have a Word With You?
His latest book Strange Bedfellows: The Private Lives of Words was published in April 2010 by Ronsdale Press.
He is working on two books that he looks forward to having published in 2011-12. They are: Brain Dancing (Guaranteed to Ward Off Dementia) and De-Ranged & Arranged Wit
Howard also regularly writes for other newspapers and magazines, including , Globe & Mail, National Post, Toronto Star, Arts & Opinions, Canadian Jewish News and Lexpert. He has appeared on countless radio and television shows, including All in a Weekend, Pamela Wallin Live and Richler Inc.
In between all this, he has written six books
The Dead Sea Scroll Palindromes
Take My Words -A Wordaholic's Guide to the English Language
A Bawdy Language - How a Second-Rate Language Slept Its Way to
The Top
Global Mother Tongue - The Eight Flavours of English
Can I Have a Word With You?
His latest book Strange Bedfellows: The Private Lives of Words was published in April 2010 by Ronsdale Press.
He is working on two books that he looks forward to having published in 2011-12. They are: Brain Dancing (Guaranteed to Ward Off Dementia) and De-Ranged & Arranged Wit
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