British Phrasebook
Elizabeth Bartsch-Parker
320 pages, Paperback
ISBN: 0864424841
ISBN13:
Language: English
Publish: January 1, 1999
British LiteratureLanguageLinguisticsNonfictionReferenceTravel
‘Lighthearted and informative. Amusing…lively…and eminently accessible. A fascinating store of information.’- JDA Widdowson, Director, The National Centre for English Cultural Tradition, The University of Sheffield take a tour of the dialects of Britaintorder a pimple and blotch (scotch) at the rub-a-dub-dub (pub) and have a rabbit and pork (talk) with the localstslang and colloquial usagetavoid embarrassing British – US differencestcultural tips, festivals, food and shoppingtfit in at a football match or follow the cricketScottish Gaelic and Welsh included