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Faux Pas?: A No-nonsense Guide to Foreign Words and Phrases in Everyday Langu.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- ISBN
- 9780713685237
- Publication Year
- 2007
- Format
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- Book Title
- Faux Pas?: a No-Nonsense Guide to Foreign Words and Phrases in Everyday Language.
- Item Height
- 198mm
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Item Width
- 129mm
- Item Weight
- 232g
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
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Product Information
Winner of the HRH Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union English Language Book Award 2006. An award winning language book, this is a lively and engaging expose on the foreign words and phrases that populate our language. Each entry gives a translation of the expression, the language of origin, pronunciation, an insightful comment on usage, plus illuminating examples from the press. A Pretentiousness Index will help you avoid committing the ultimate faux pas(!). If you have ever been bamboozled by the use of a foreign word or phrase, or simply want to spice up your vocabulary with some well chosen bons mots, then this is the book for you. Thousands of foreign terms have been absorbed into the English language from the everyday (kowtow) to the relatively obscure (auto-da-fe). Faux Pas? focuses on familiar terms and expressions as well as those that are new, curious or amusing.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-13
9780713685237
eBay Product ID (ePID)
91353229
Product Key Features
Book Title
Faux Pas?: a No-Nonsense Guide to Foreign Words and Phrases in Everyday Language.
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Publication Year
2007
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
198mm
Item Width
129mm
Item Weight
232g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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