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Authors: Norman W. Schur, Eugene H. Ehrlich, Richard Ehrlich, Eugene H. Ehrlich
ISBN-13: 9780816064564, ISBN-10: 0816064563
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Facts on File, Incorporated
Date Published: April 2007
Edition: REV

Author Biography: Norman W. Schur

Book Synopsis

British English A to Zed gives readers immediate access to an alphabetical listing of either the thousands of "Briticisms" cited in the general entries or the correlating "Americanisms" that appear throughout the book. This updated edition features more than 5,000 entries, including new words, both formal and slang, and words from sources as diverse as London businesses and Bridget Jones's Diary. This delightful book provides the most comprehensive reference to the vagaries of English as spoken on both sides of the Atlantic-it is rigorously researched, wickedly witty, and eminently useful.

Booknews

American Anglophiles will find this compendium a "clinking" (damn good) guide to current and outmoded Briticisms. Parts of speech are identified; pronunciation guides use common words rather than phonetics. Includes appended material on general differences between British and American English; and terms relating to units of measure, motor-cars, slang, musical notation, food, botany/zoology, cricket, and place-names. The index lists US terms followed by British equivalents, but not page numbers. First published as (Verbatim, 1980). The revision is by Eugen Ehrlich, as Schur is deceased. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents

Foreword
Acknowledgments
Preface
Explanatory Notes
Introduction
British English: A to Zed
Appendix I General Differences Between British and American English
A. Syntax
1. Prepositions
2. Definite articles
3. Compound nouns
4. Noun-verb agreement; collectives
5. Who and other pronouns
B. Pronunciation
1. Proper nouns and adjectives; general; county name abbreviations (Tables)
2. Common nouns (Tables)
C. Spoken Usage and Figures of Speech
1. General
2. Do and done
3. Directness and subtlety of British and American styles compared
4. Usage of selected units of measure
5. Usage of selected monetary units
6. U and non-U
D. Punctuation and Style
1. Hyphens
2. Parentheses
3. Quotation marks
4. Time of day
5. Dates
6. Abbreviations of forms of address
7. Forms of address
8. Placement of River
9. Miscellaneous abbreviations
E. Spelling
Appendix II Glossaries and Tables
A. Currency
B. Financial Terms
C. Units of Measure
1. Dry measure
@a. Barrel
@b. Hundredweight
@c. Keel
@d. Quart
@e. Score
@i. Pigs, oxen
@ii. Coal
@f. Stone (Table of weights of various commodities)
@g. Ton
@h. Windle
2. Liquid measure
@a. Gallon
@b. Gill
@c. Pint (see gallon)
@d. Quart (see gallon)
D. Numbers (Table)
E. Automotive Terms (Table for parts of: Body, Brakes, Chassis, Electrical Equipment, Motor and Clutch, Axle and Transmission, Steering, Tools and Accessories, Transmission, Tires)
F. Musical Notation (Table)
G. Slang
1. Cant
2. London slang (Table)
3. Rhyming slang (Table)
4. Poker slang (Table)
5. British betting terms (Glossary)
H. Food Names
I. Botanical and Zoological Names
J. Britain, Briton, British, English, etc.
K. Cricket Terms (Glossary)
L. Connotative Place-Names
Index

Subjects

History European History British History - General & Miscellaneous
History World History Civilization - History
Nonfiction Social Sciences Regional Studies
Nonfiction Social Sciences General & Miscellaneous
Reference Dictionaries & Thesauri English language -> Dictionaries -> British
Reference Dictionaries & Thesauri English language -> Dictionaries -> Terms and phrases
Reference English-language Reference English Dictionaries & Thesauri
Reference English-language Reference English Dictionaries & Thesauri - Idioms & Slang
Reference English-language Reference Vocabulary
Science & Nature Social Sciences Regional Studies
Science & Nature Social Sciences General & Miscellaneous
Social Sciences Regional Studies European Studies
Nonfiction History European History
Nonfiction History World History
Nonfiction Reference Dictionaries & Thesauri
Nonfiction Reference English-language Reference

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	Foreword
	Acknowledgments
	Preface
	Explanatory Notes
	Introduction
	British English: A to Zed
Appendix I	General Differences Between British and American English
A.	Syntax
1.	Prepositions
2.	Definite articles
3.	Compound nouns
4.	Noun-verb agreement; collectives
5.	Who and other pronouns
B.	Pronunciation
1.	Proper nouns and adjectives; general; county name abbreviations (Tables)
2.	Common nouns (Tables)
C.	Spoken Usage and Figures of Speech
1.	General
2.	Do and done
3.	Directness and subtlety of British and American styles compared
4.	Usage of selected units of measure
5.	Usage of selected monetary units
6.	U and non-U
D.	Punctuation and Style
1.	Hyphens
2.	Parentheses
3.	Quotation marks
4.	Time of day
5.	Dates
6.	Abbreviations of forms of address
7.	Forms of address
8.	Placement of River
9.	Miscellaneous abbreviations
E.	Spelling
Appendix II	Glossaries and Tables
A.	Currency
B.	Financial Terms
C.	Units of Measure
1.	Dry measure
@a.	Barrel
@b.	Hundredweight
@c.	Keel
@d.	Quart
@e.	Score
@i.	Pigs, oxen
@ii.	Coal
@f.	Stone (Table of weights of various commodities)
@g.	Ton
@h.	Windle
2.	Liquid measure
@a.	Gallon
@b.	Gill
@c.	Pint (see gallon)
@d.	Quart (see gallon)
D.	Numbers (Table)
E.	Automotive Terms (Table for parts of: Body, Brakes, Chassis, Electrical Equipment, Motor and Clutch, Axle and Transmission, Steering, Tools and Accessories, Transmission, Tires)
F.	Musical Notation (Table)
G.	Slang
1.	Cant
2.	London slang (Table)
3.	Rhyming slang (Table)
4.	Poker slang (Table)
5.	British betting terms (Glossary)
H.	Food Names
I.	Botanical and Zoological Names
J.	Britain, Briton, British, English, etc.
K.	Cricket Terms (Glossary)
L.	Connotative Place-Names
	Index