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Chambers Pardon my English : = An Exploration of Slang, and Informal Language.

Record Type:	Language materials, printed : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Chambers Pardon my English :/
Reminder of title:	An Exploration of Slang, and Informal Language.
Author:	Munro, Michael.
Description:	1 online resource (385 pages)
Subject:	English language. -
Online resource:	Click to View
ISBN:	9780550104625

Chambers Pardon my English : = An Exploration of Slang, and Informal Language.
Munro, Michael.

Chambers Pardon my English :An Exploration of Slang, and Informal Language. - 1 online resource (385 pages)

Cover -- Contents -- An Introduction to Slang -- How to Use This Book -- Part One: The Language of Particular Groups -- Professions -- Military slang -- Nautical slang -- Legal slang -- Medical slang -- Police slang -- Journalists' and printers' slang -- Musicians' slang -- Show business slang -- Pornography slang -- Stock-exchange slang -- Commercial and business jargon -- Bookmakers' slang -- Sections of society -- Criminal slang -- Gangland slang -- Prison slang -- Drug world slang -- Yoof slang -- School slang -- Campus slang -- Computer and Internet users' slang -- Hip-hop slang -- Gay slang -- Activities -- General sporting slang -- Football slang -- Rugby slang -- Cricket slang -- Boxing slang -- Golf slang -- Horse-racing slang -- Motor-sport slang -- American football slang -- Baseball slang -- Basketball slang -- Climbers' slang -- Surfers' slang -- Skateboarding slang -- Hunting slang -- Poker slang -- Bingo slang -- Part Two: Slang in Areas of Everyday Life -- Booze -- Food -- Money -- Violence -- Oaths -- Euphemisms -- Insults -- Rhyming slang -- The weather -- Work -- Unemployment -- Class and social concerns -- Politics -- Clothing and fashion -- Transport -- Nationality -- Race -- Religion -- Places -- Animals -- The human body -- Bodily functions -- Sex -- Relationships -- Illness -- Death -- Insanity -- Television -- Part Three: Slang of Particular Places and Times -- Slang in English-speaking countries around the world -- United States slang -- Canadian slang -- Australian slang -- New Zealand slang -- South African slang -- Caribbean slang -- Irish slang -- South Asian slang -- Regional slang within the United Kingdom -- Scottish slang -- Ulster slang -- Scouse slang -- Geordie slang -- Northern English slang -- Midlands slang -- West Country slang -- Southern English slang -- London slang -- Slang through the ages.

Around 10,000 slang terms arranged in 100 thematic sections. Explores the slang of different groups and professions, from surfers to stockbrokers. Covers slang terms from all over the English-speaking world. Reveals the history of slang from medieval times to the present day. Pardon My English! looks into some of the shadier recesses of the English language, considering the slang terms used by different professions and sectors of society, the slang used in different countries and different parts of Britain, and the development of slang over the centuries. In doing so, it covers a huge variety of words, ranging from quaint archaisms to industrial-strength expletives.

ISBN: 9780550104625Subjects--Topical Terms:

554988
English language.
Index Terms--Genre/Form:

554714
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: PE3711.M86 2007

Dewey Class. No.: 427.09

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505 8 $a The 16th century -- The 17th century -- The 18th century -- The 19th century -- World War I -- The 1920s -- The 1930s -- World War II and the 1940s -- The 1950s -- The 1960s -- The 1970s -- The 1980s -- The 1990s -- The 21st century -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
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