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Item specifics
- Condition
- Good
- Seller notes
- Binding
- Paperback
- Book Title
- Wicked Good Words
- Weight
- 0 lbs
- Product Group
- Book
- IsTextBook
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- ISBN
- 9780399536762
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0399536760
ISBN-13
9780399536762
eBay Product ID (ePID)
99704557
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
208 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Wicked Good Words : from Johnnycakes to Jug Handles, a Roundup of America's Regionalisms
Publication Year
2011
Subject
Form / Trivia, Dictionaries, Grammar & Punctuation, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Linguistics / General
Type
Not Available
Subject Area
Reference, Language Arts & Disciplines, Humor
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
5.5 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
4.5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2011-010318
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Simultaneously full of witty asides and linguistic erudition, Wicked Good Words is one of those rare books that you will read too fast and will find yourself wishing you could read for the first time all over again., As someone who grew up in the land of wicked pissa Sox games, what a delight it was to read about alligator pears, sundogs, piggling, sad cakes, doodinkus, jacklegs , and so many other American regionalisms., "Simultaneously full of witty asides and linguistic erudition, Wicked Good Words is one of those rare books that you will read too fast and will find yourself wishing you could read for the first time all over again." Ammon Shea, author of Reading the OED, "As someone who grew up in the land of wicked pissa Sox games, what a delight it was to read about alligator pears, sundogs, piggling, sad cakes, doodinkus, jacklegs , and so many other American regionalisms." David Wolman, author of Righting the Mother Tongue, "[A] breezy cultural road trip through American regionalisms... lively, enlightening and witty." -- AmericanProfile "A fascinating survey of idioms." -- St. Petersburg Times "Simultaneously full of witty asides and linguistic erudition, Wicked Good Words is one of those rare books that you will read too fast and will find yourself wishing you could read for the first time all over again." -- Ammon Shea, author of Reading the OED "As someone who grew up in the land of wicked pissa Sox games, what a delight it was to read about alligator pears, sundogs, piggling, sad cakes, doodinkus, jacklegs , and so many other American regionalisms." -- David Wolman, author of Righting the Mother Tongue, "A fascinating survey of idioms." - St. Petersburg Times "Simultaneously full of witty asides and linguistic erudition, Wicked Good Words is one of those rare books that you will read too fast and will find yourself wishing you could read for the first time all over again." -Ammon Shea, author of Reading the OED "As someone who grew up in the land of wicked pissa Sox games, what a delight it was to read about alligator pears, sundogs, piggling, sad cakes, doodinkus, jacklegs , and so many other American regionalisms." -David Wolman, author of Righting the Mother Tongue, "[A] breezy cultural road trip through American regionalisms... lively, enlightening and witty." -AmericanProfile "A fascinating survey of idioms." - St. Petersburg Times "Simultaneously full of witty asides and linguistic erudition, Wicked Good Words is one of those rare books that you will read too fast and will find yourself wishing you could read for the first time all over again." -Ammon Shea, author of Reading the OED "As someone who grew up in the land of wicked pissa Sox games, what a delight it was to read about alligator pears, sundogs, piggling, sad cakes, doodinkus, jacklegs , and so many other American regionalisms." -David Wolman, author of Righting the Mother Tongue, "[A] breezy cultural road trip through American regionalisms... lively, enlightening and witty." AmericanProfile
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
427/.973
Intended Audience
Trade
Synopsis
How to sound like you're from here, no matter where you are in America "Simultaneously full of witty asides and linguistic erudition, Wicked Good Words is one of those rare books that you will read too fast and will find yourself wishing you could read for the first time all over again." -Ammon Shea, author of Reading the OED "As someone who grew up in the land of wicked pissa Sox games, what a delight it was to read about alligator pears, sundogs, piggling, sad cakes, doodinkus, jacklegs , and so many other American regionalisms." -David Wolman, author of Righting the Mother Tongue Wicked Good Words is a collection of words and phrases from places across the United States. Organized by region and peppered with engaging sidebars, it's a uniquely American road trip. You'll discover- *In Ohio, that titillating talk about a four-way is all about a type of chili. *When you rush the growler in Appalachia, you're filling your lunch pail with beer. *A frog strangler in the South will send you running for cover- it's a heavy rain. *In Louisiana and Texas, someone caught pirooting is nosing around. *In the Northwest, something that's spendy is too expensive. *A skeeter hawk, darning needle, snake feeder, spindle, ear sewer, needle, snake doctor , and stinger all refer to the same thing- a mosquito, depending on where you get attacked., How to sound like you're from here, no matter where you are in America "Simultaneously full of witty asides and linguistic erudition, Wicked Good Words is one of those rare books that you will read too fast and will find yourself wishing you could read for the first time all over again." -Ammon Shea, author of Reading the OED "As someone who grew up in the land of wicked pissa Sox games, what a delight it was to read about alligator pears, sundogs, piggling, sad cakes, doodinkus, jacklegs , and so many other American regionalisms." -David Wolman, author of Righting the Mother Tongue Wicked Good Words is a collection of words and phrases from places across the United States. Organized by region and peppered with engaging sidebars, it's a uniquely American road trip. You'll discover: *In Ohio, that titillating talk about a four-way is all about a type of chili. *When you rush the growler in Appalachia, you're filling your lunch pail with beer. *A frog strangler in the South will send you running for cover: it's a heavy rain. *In Louisiana and Texas, someone caught pirooting is nosing around. *In the Northwest, something that's spendy is too expensive. *A skeeter hawk, darning needle, snake feeder, spindle, ear sewer, needle, snake doctor , and stinger all refer to the same thing: a mosquito, depending on where you get attacked.
LC Classification Number
PE2835.H37 2011
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