Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations: The Ultimate Opinionated Guide for the Well-Spoken - Couverture souple

Elster, Charles Harrington

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0395893380 ISBN 13 : 9780395893388

Editeur : Mariner Books, 1999

Synopsis

Book by Elster Charles Harrington

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

How do you pronounce affluent: AF-loo-int or uh-FLOO-int? Does it make a difference? Charles Harrington Elster believes that yes, it does make a difference (and that, for the record, one should pronounce the word AF-loo-int). Elster, the author of Is There a Cow in Moscow? and There Is No Zoo in Zoology, has chosen more than six hundred of our most commonly mispronounced words, arranged them alphabetically, and written entertaining essays that unapologetically offer his informed opinion as to why a word should be pronounced a particular way. Where pronunciations commonly vary or dictionaries disagree, Elster is an eager arbiter. Easy to use (there aren't any confusing diacritical marks), and with references from Will Shakespeare to Will Smith (for "aunt") and Jerry Seinfeld (for "clitoris"), this is an excellent argument-settler - and debate-starter. A Houghton Mifflin Paperback original.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Mariner Books
• Date d'édition: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0395893380
• ISBN 13: 9780395893388
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 426