Forbidden American English

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The Authoritative Guide to the Most Offensive Words in American English
Compiled and annotated by lexicographer Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., Forbidden American English contains approximately 1,400 words and phrases that should not be used by educated speakers of English.
A unique dictionary of highly offensive and often inflammatory vocabulary, Forbidden American English is intended to inform rather than offend or entertain, and contains knowledge that wiU at once enhghten native speakers and protect nonnative speakers from using provocative language. This dictionary wiU help users learn the meanings of words and expressions prohibited from most contexts and recommends that their use be avoided.
Forbidden American English includes the following features:
• rude, vulgar, hostile expressions as well as racial and national slurs defined frankly and accurately
• aU entries annotated to show specific cautions—more common and widespread topics covered by detailed notes in a special... Tovább

Fülszöveg

The Authoritative Guide to the Most Offensive Words in American English
Compiled and annotated by lexicographer Richard A. Spears, Ph.D., Forbidden American English contains approximately 1,400 words and phrases that should not be used by educated speakers of English.
A unique dictionary of highly offensive and often inflammatory vocabulary, Forbidden American English is intended to inform rather than offend or entertain, and contains knowledge that wiU at once enhghten native speakers and protect nonnative speakers from using provocative language. This dictionary wiU help users learn the meanings of words and expressions prohibited from most contexts and recommends that their use be avoided.
Forbidden American English includes the following features:
• rude, vulgar, hostile expressions as well as racial and national slurs defined frankly and accurately
• aU entries annotated to show specific cautions—more common and widespread topics covered by detailed notes in a special section
• each entry illustrated by at least two examples represented in style, manner, and context appropriate to the expression
• examples show both the hostility and humor evident in the use of forbidden expressions
• entries cross-referenced for both meaning and form
• entries drawn from current U.S. film, television, and print media as well as the vocabulary of the streets
Forbidden American English has been designed to serve both native and nonnative speakers who require a serious and rehable reference to the most common forbidden expressions in American English. Vissza