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Faux Pas?

A no-nonsense guide to foreign words and phrases in everyday language.
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Winner of the HRH Duke of Edinburgh English Speaking Union English Language Book Award 2006. An award winning language book, this is a lively and engaging exposé on the foreign words and phrases that populate our language. Each entry gives a translation of the expression, the language of origin, pronunciation, an insightful comment on usage, plus illuminating examples from the press. A Pretentiousness Index will help you avoid committing the ultimate faux pas(!). If you have ever been bamboozled by the use of a foreign word or phrase, or simply want to spice up your vocabulary with some well chosen bons mots, then this is the book for you. Thousands of foreign terms have been absorbed into the English language from the everyday (kowtow) to the relatively obscure (auto-da-fe). Faux Pas? focuses on familiar terms and expressions as well as those that are new, curious or amusing.

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Philip Gooden is a published crime novelist and popular languagecommentator. He read English at Magdalen College, Oxford, and thentaught at secondary level for many years. Recently published are Who's Whose? and Name Dropping?
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July 27th, 2007
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  • General (US: Trade)
Pages
240
Dimensions
129x198x17
ISBN-13
9780713685237
Product ID
2071090

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