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Tony Thorne
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Dictionary of Contemporary Slang
Автор: Tony Thorne Жанр: Bloomsbury Publishing Издательство: Bloomsbury Publishing Год: 2006 Страниц: 512 Дата загрузки: 16 декабря 20082009-04-19
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With more than 15,000 definitions, this book provides a definitive guide to the use of slang today. It deals with drugs, sport and contemporary society, as well as favourite slang topics such as sex and bodily functions. In this convenient paperback edition of the highly acclaimed «Dictionary of Contemporary Slang», language and culture expert, Tony Thorne explores the ever-changing underworld of the English language, bringing back intriguing examples of eccentricity and irreverence from the linguistic front-line.
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Shoot the Puppy: A Survival Guide to the Curious Jargon of Modern Life
Автор: Tony Thorne Жанр: Penguin Group Издательство: Penguin Group Год: 2007 Страниц: 368 Дата загрузки: 10 декабря 20092012-08-23
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Are you a 'bobo' or a 'wombat'? Are you tempted by 'infobia' or to 'kick dead whales up the beach'? If your answer to any of these questions is 'What are you talking about?', then you definitely need a copy of Shoot the Puppy. Amusing, informative and newly updated for 2007, it guides the reader through the ever-growing heap of contemporary jargon from around the English-speaking world, showing where it comes from, what it means, and what it tells us about our contemporary world.
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The 100 Words That Make the English
Автор: Tony Thorne Жанр: Little, Brown and Company Издательство: Little, Brown and Company Год: 2011 Страниц: 352 Дата загрузки: 25 июня 20132012-06-18
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Englishness is an ancient and powerful concept, but no one seems sure exactly what it means in the twenty-first century. In exploring our national identity, Tony Thorne has compiled a fascinating compendium of the hundred words and phrases that have become the cornerstones of modern English, and have been used — sometimes deliberately, but often inadvertently — to stake out our common ground, to define what makes us essentially English, and thus different from those beastly foreigners who lurk just off our shores.
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