Sticklers, Sideburns & Bikinis: The Military Origins of Everyday Words and Phrases - Couverture souple

Donald, Graeme; Wiest, Andrew; Shepherd, William

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1849081573 ISBN 13 : 9781849081573

Editeur : Osprey Publishing, 2010

Synopsis

HARD TO FIND

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"...Sticklers, Sideburns and Bikinis is consistent in content, formatting, and layout. Each word is accompanied by a paragraph of its history (or more, as the case may be) as to how the word came into the language. Even mayonnaise, which I dip my French fries into much to the horror of ketchup-loving friends, has its origin in the military (a victory dinner with very few ingredients resulted in the invention on mahonnaise in the Port of Mahon by a military chef).

Graeme Donald has taken great pains to research the word origins in his book and makes a point of not relying solely on English experts but also on military experts who sometimes have a different view on the origins of a word. For words with unresolved disagreements, Donald provides both (along with his e-mail if you want to weigh in on which version is right).

Overall, this is a compact and well-done book that can be read cover to cover or in random bits as the mood strikes you." -www.booklorn.com
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Osprey Publishings' FUBAR - 2007's dictionary of military slang - was widely praised, and received wide coverage in national media circles, including featuring in an article in The Spectator

Biographie de l'auteur :

Graeme Donald has been researching the origins of words, nursery rhymes, superstitions and popular misconceptions for years and has published eight titles through Unwin-Hyman and Simon & Schuster. For the ten years that Today newspaper was on the stands he wrote a daily column exploring such material and also wrote for The Mirror and The Age in Melbourne. He devised and set the questions for Back to Square One, a word-origins based panel game which ran for eight series on Radio 2 and World Service.

He has also guested on countless radio and television shows, either to explain words and customs at special times - Christmas, Easter, Halloween, etc. - or simply to field listeners' or viewers' question.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Osprey Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1849081573
• ISBN 13: 9781849081573
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 280
• Illustrateur: Duncan Robert