Mighty Fine Words and Smashing Expressions: Making Sense of Transatlantic English by Hargraves, Orin published by OUP Oxford

by Orin Hargraves

Excellent Book

Genres: Reference, Nonfiction, Language

Hardcover

First published December 19, 2002

About the author

Orin Hargraves is a native and current resident of Colorado. He graduated from the University of Chicago (BA with Honors) in 1977. He served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Morocco in the 1980s. He is the author of three guidebooks in the Culture Shock! series: Morocco, London, and Chicago. He began his career in lexicography while living in London in the early 1990s. He has since written numerous articles and books about language, as well as contributing to dozens of dictionaries from publishers internationally. At present he lives in Niwot, Colorado and teaches writing at CU-Boulder. He is past president of the Dictionary Society of North America. He writes the monthly "Language Lounge" column for VisualThesaurus.com. His fiction is available on Amazon Kindle.

Reviews

[NormaCenva · Rating 4 out of 5]

Useful!

[Karen (Living Unabridged) · Rating 4 out of 5]

Helpful discussion and lists illuminating the differences between American English and British English. Some typos, especially later in the book. Attempts to be respectful of the major worldview / political differences but is not always successful.

Recommended for fans of British TV or word / linguistics aficionados.