British English A to Zed (Writers Reference) - Hardcover

Educational and entertaining...succeeds as a useful...tool for Anglophiles...Recommended for general readers. - Choice ""...continues to be a useful source for public and academic libraries."" - Booklist

General readers and language lovers alike will have immediate access to an alphabetical listing of more than 5,500 ""Briticisms"" and their correlating ""Americanisms"" in this fully revised and updated volume. Featured in this new edition are several hundred new entries; lively discussions of British language, pronunciation, punctuation, style, usage, and culture; and special sections on units of measure, automotive terms, cricket terms, and more. New entries include: Chav; Gastropub; Gutted; Happy as Larry; New Labour; Throw a wobbly; and more.