The British/American Dictionary Revised and Updated

Norman Moss

Paperback (01 Jan 1980)

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Publisher's Synopsis

This dictionary of English as it is spoken on both sides of the Atlantic aims to provide both British and American travellers with a humorous and practical guide to the various interpretations of the language. The book should help all English-speakers avoid any embarrassing misunderstandings.;Norman Moss has worked as a journalist for both the British and American press. He has also written "Men Who Play God", "The Pleasures of Deception" and "The Politics of Uranium".

About the Publisher

Hutchinson

Founded in 1887 by George Hutchinson with capital of three thousand pounds, Hutchinson opened for business in the basement of 25 Paternostor Row, near St Paul's Cathedral. It is the home of fiction that you have to press into the hands of your friends and non-fiction that is entertaining and erudite. We publish bestsellers, Helen Dunmore, Sebastian Faulks, Robert Harris, Douglas Kennedy and Ruth Rendell, book club favourites, Aimee Bender, Anna Quindlen. We are committed to discovering new talent that combine a distinctive voice with great storytelling skills and recent acquisitions include Bonnie Nadzam, longlisted for the Women's Prize, New York Times bestsellers, Sloane Crosley, Ayana Mathis, Marisha Pessl and Amor Towles.