British English A to Zed
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British English A to Zed gives readers immediate access to an alphabetical listing of either the thousands of "Briticisms" cited in the general entries or the correlating "Americanisms" that appear throughout the book. This updated edition features more than 5,000 entries, including new words, both formal and slang, and words from sources as diverse as London businesses and Bridget Jones's Diary. This delightful book provides the most comprehensive reference to the vagaries of English as spoken on both sides of the Atlantic-it is rigorously researched, wickedly witty, and eminently useful. Booknews American Anglophiles will find this compendium a "clinking" (damn good) guide to current and outmoded Briticisms. Parts of speech are identified; pronunciation guides use common words rather than phonetics. Includes appended material on general differences between British and American English; and terms relating to units of measure, motor-cars, slang, musical notation, food, botany/zoology, cricket, and place-names. The index lists US terms followed by British equivalents, but not page numbers. First published as (Verbatim, 1980). The revision is by Eugen Ehrlich, as Schur is deceased. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
ForewordAcknowledgmentsPrefaceExplanatory NotesIntroductionBritish English: A to ZedAppendix IGeneral Differences Between British and American EnglishA.Syntax1.Prepositions2.Definite articles3.Compound nouns4.Noun-verb agreement; collectives5.Who and other pronounsB.Pronunciation1.Proper nouns and adjectives; general; county name abbreviations (Tables)2.Common nouns (Tables)C.Spoken Usage and Figures of Speech1.General2.Do and done3.Directness and subtlety of British and American styles compared4.Usage of selected units of measure5.Usage of selected monetary units6.U and non-UD.Punctuation and Style1.Hyphens2.Parentheses3.Quotation marks4.Time of day5.Dates6.Abbreviations of forms of address7.Forms of address8.Placement of River9.Miscellaneous abbreviationsE.SpellingAppendix IIGlossaries and TablesA.CurrencyB.Financial TermsC.Units of Measure1.Dry measure@a.Barrel@b.Hundredweight@c.Keel@d.Quart@e.Score@i.Pigs, oxen@ii.Coal@f.Stone (Table of weights of various commodities)@g.Ton@h.Windle2.Liquid measure@a.Gallon@b.Gill@c.Pint (see gallon)@d.Quart (see gallon)D.Numbers (Table)E.Automotive Terms (Table for parts of: Body, Brakes, Chassis, Electrical Equipment, Motor and Clutch, Axle and Transmission, Steering, Tools and Accessories, Transmission, Tires)F.Musical Notation (Table)G.Slang1.Cant2.London slang (Table)3.Rhyming slang (Table)4.Poker slang (Table)5.British betting terms (Glossary)H.Food NamesI.Botanical and Zoological NamesJ.Britain, Briton, British, English, etc.K.Cricket Terms (Glossary)L.Connotative Place-NamesIndex
