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How Not to Talk Like an Arse : 101 Words You Shouldn't Use Any Time Soon
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| 서명/저자사항 | How Not to Talk Like an Arse : 101 Words You Shouldn't Use Any Time Soon. |
| 개인저자 | Wilson, Richard. |
| 발행사항 | New York: Pavilion Books Company Limited, 2013. |
| 형태사항 | 1 online resource (219 pages). |
| 기타형태 저록 | Print version: Wilson, Richard. How Not to Talk Like an Arse : 101 Words You Shouldn't Use Any Time Soon. New York : Pavilion Books Company Limited, ?013 9781907554209 |
| ISBN | 9781909396302 1909396303 |
| 내용주기 | Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter One: Home-made Fun; Make a Bow and Arrow; Make Your Own Battery; Make a Cart out of Pram Wheels; Conkers; Build Your Own Den; Make Your Own Seesaw; Start a Fire; Tree Houses; Home-made Explosions; Fancy-dress Costumes; Light Sabres; The Tin-can Telephone; Whittling Wood; Paper Aeroplanes; Why Can't Home-made Fun Use Electricity?; Chapter Two: Wholesome Entertainment; Pencil and Paper Games; Board Games; Parlour Games; Outdoor Games; Toys and the Fascism of Wood; Airfix and Meccano; Why Computer Games Are Brilliant. Chapter Three: Old-fashioned AdventureLurking; Tailing and Snooping; Secret Codes; Morse Code; Flag Signals; The Skytale; The Tattooed Head; Invisible Ink; Tracking and Hunting; Tramps; The Scout Movement; Tying Knots; Shooting, Skinning and Eating a Rabbit; Identifying Trees; Cadet Corps; Chapter Four: Proper Holidays; Boden Holidays; The Slot Machine Embargo; Skimming Stones; Kite Flying; Glamping; Playing with Dogs; Swimming in Ponds and Rivers; Pond-Dipping; Burying Relatives in Sand; Waterboarding; Snow Holidays and Winter Sports; 'Dads and Lads' Holidays; Rites of Passage. British Rites of PassageChapter Five: Useful Knowledge; Latin; Maths; Drama; History and Historical Figures; Cautious Heroes for Sensible Boys; Books Every Boy Should Read; Poetry; Punctuation; Grammar; The Tyranny of Excellence; Bibliography; Acknowledgements. |
| 요약 | Just when you thought it was safe to go back into the bookshop, comes bestselling author Richard Wilson's triumphant follow up to Can't Be Arsed and Don't Even Think About It!, How Not to Talk Like an Arse is Mr Wilson's hilarious, and topical, self righteous stab at the modern day vernacular, taking aim at the invention of ridiculous, nonsensical words that not only are just plain crap but also make those who dare speak them sound like complete twits. Richard waxes lyrical on awful words such as 'Ciao', 'Hurting', 'Fashionista' and 'Staycation'. He also lets loose on how those words were c. |
| 일반주제명 | English language --New words --Humor. English language --Etymology --Humor. LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES --General. English language --Etymology. English language --New words. |
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