Bad English : a history of linguistic aggravation / Ammon Shea.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Perigee Trade, [2014]Description: xiv, 255 pages ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780399165573 (hardback)
- English language -- Errors of usage -- Dictionaries
- English language -- Usage -- Dictionaries
- English language -- Slang -- Dictionaries
- English language -- Obscene words -- Dictionaries
- Invective -- Dictionaries
- Vocabulary
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Reference
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Etymology
- LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General
- PE1460 S5173 2014
- LAN014000 | LAN024000 | LAN009000
Item type | Current library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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General Book | Kuakarun Nursing Library | Processing unit | PE1460 S5173 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 0000049591 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 231-240).
"The author of Reading the OED presents an eye-opening look at language "mistakes" and how they came to be accepted as correct-or not. English is a glorious mess of a language, cobbled together from a wide variety of sources and syntaxes, and changing over time with popular usage. Many of the words and usages we embrace as standard and correct today were at first considered slang, impolite, or just plain wrong. Whether you consider yourself a stickler, a nitpicker, or a rule-breaker in the know, Bad English is sure to enlighten, enrage, and perhaps even inspire. Filled with historic and contemporary examples, the book chronicles the long and entertaining history of language mistakes, and features some of our most common words and phrases, including: Decimate Hopefully Enormity That/which Enervate/energize Bemuse/amuse Literally/figuratively Ain't Irregardless Socialist OMG Stupider Lively, surprising, funny, and delightfully readable, this is a book that will settle arguments among word lovers-and it's sure to start a few, too"-- Provided by publisher.
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