The Slangman Guide to Dirty English: Dangerous Expressions Americans Use Every Day

by David Burke

This humorous book will teach you the most popular dangerous words and expressions used in the English language. The Slangman Guide to DIRTY ENGLISH is easy to understand and fun to read, even for the beginning English learner. It contains over 1,000 dangerous expressions used every day in American conversations. We will even show you which American movies, TV shows, and songs use these kinds of words. In addition, you will find over 2,400 sentences written as Americans really speak! These phrases will help you communicate with Americans and understand our culture.

240 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 2003

About the author

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See also: Fantasy author David Burke

David Burke is a documentary filmmaker and former 60 MINUTES writer/producer who came to Paris in 1986 for what he thought would be a year, but turned into more than twenty. Besides Writers in Paris, he has written two editions of HarperCollinss Access Paris, a travel guide to Mediterranean France, and numerous articles for magazines and web sites. He and his wife, producer/director Joanne Burke, have also made seven documentaries over these years and are working on a eighth.
He now divides his time between Paris and New York.

Reviews

[Bryan Fox · Rating 5 out of 5]

oddly, at almost 20 years old (in 2020), it still manages not to seem that dated. Not sure if you could get away with using it in a class, but it's still a fun read, and it's the language students want to learn, for better or for worse.