Wicked Good Words
From Johnnycakes to Jug Handles, a Roundup of America's Regionalisms
$36.38
- Paperback
208 pages
- Release Date
2 August 2011
Summary
How to sound like you’re from here, no matter where you are in America”Simultaneously full of witty asides and linguistic erudition, Wicked Good Words is one of those rare books that you will read too fast and will find yourself wishing you could read for the first time all over again.“-Ammon Shea, author of Reading the OED”As someone who grew up in the land of wicked pissa Sox games, what a delight it was to read about alligator pears, sundogs, piggling, sad cakes, doodinkus, jacklegs, and s…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780399536762 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0399536760 |
| Author: | Mim Harrison |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | TarcherPerigee |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 208 |
| Release Date: | 2 August 2011 |
| Weight: | 154g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 114mm |
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Critics Review
”[A] breezy cultural road trip through American regionalisms… lively, enlightening and witty.” — AmericanProfile
“A fascinating survey of idioms.” — St. Petersburg Times
“Simultaneously full of witty asides and linguistic erudition, Wicked Good Words is one of those rare books that you will read too fast and will find yourself wishing you could read for the first time all over again.” — Ammon Shea, author of Reading the OED
“As someone who grew up in the land of wicked pissa Sox games, what a delight it was to read about alligator pears, sundogs, piggling, sad cakes, doodinkus, jacklegs, and so many other American regionalisms.” — David Wolman, author of Righting the Mother Tongue
About The Author
Mim Harrison
Mim Harrison is an award-winning commercial writer. She is also the author of three books on language- Wicked Good Words, Smart Words, and Words at Work. In addition, Mim is the founding editor of Levenger Press, a specialty publisher that has celebrated some of the famous words of Winston Churchill, Samuel Johnson, and Henry David Thoreau. Mim lives with her husband and their miniature dachshund in South Florida.
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