British English from A to Zed: A Definitive Guide to the Queen's English

by Norman W Schur

Whether you are traveling to Great Britain or just want to understand British popular culture, this unique dictionary will answer your questions. British English from A to Zed contains more than 5,500 British terms and their American equivalents, each with a short explanation of the term’s history and an example of its use. The appendixes provide valuable supplemental material with differences between British and American pronunciation, grammar, and spelling as well as terms grouped in specific areas such as currency, weight, and numbers.

This dictionary will help you unravel the meanings

• Berk (idiot)
• Bevvied up (drunk)
• Crisps (potato chips)
• Erk (rookie)
• To judder (to shake)
• Noughts and crosses (tic-tac-toe)
• And more!

George Bernard Shaw famously said that the British and Americans were “two peoples separated by a common language.” This book bridges that gap.

Genres: Language, Nonfiction, Reference

480 pages, Paperback

First published July 1, 2013

Reviews

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

Overall it's a very good book but the formatting on the kindle was so bad after K that it's very difficult to read. I would have loved to finish more of it, but I wasn't able to read it.

[Ron · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have an earlier edition of this. Useful for writers, actors, and linguists, not to mention the idly curious.