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Wicked Good Words : From Johnnycakes to Jug Handles, a Roundup of America's Regionalisms by Mim Harrison (2011, Uk-B Format Paperback)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100399536760
ISBN-139780399536762
eBay Product ID (ePID)99704557
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
Publication NameWicked Good Words : from Johnnycakes to Jug Handles, a Roundup of America's Regionalisms
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2011
SubjectDictionaries, Form / Trivia, Grammar & Punctuation, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Linguistics / General
TypeNot Available
Subject AreaRéférence, Language Arts & Disciplines, Humor
AuthorMim Harrison
FormatUk-B Format Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight5.5 Oz
Item Length8 in
Item Width4.5 in
Additional Product Features
LCCN2011-010318
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsSimultaneously 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., "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, "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, "[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 FromTwelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal427/.973
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisHow 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 NumberPE2835.H37 2011
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