The Disappearing Dictionary

The Disappearing Dictionary
Author: David Crystal
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 257
Release: 2015-05-21
Genre: Humor
ISBN: 1447282795

Wherever you go in the English-speaking world, there are linguistic riches from times past awaiting rediscovery. All you have to do is choose a location, find some old documents, and dig a little. In The Disappearing Dictionary, linguistics expert Professor David Crystal collects together delightful dialect words that either provide an insight into an older way of life, or simply have an irresistible phonetic appeal. Like a mirror image of The Meaning of Liff that just happens to be true, The Disappearing Dictionary unearths some lovely old gems of the English language, dusts them down and makes them live again for a new generation. dabberlick [noun, Scotland] A mildly insulting way of talking about someone who is tall and skinny. 'Where's that dabberlick of a child?' fubsy [adjective, Lancashire] Plump, in a nice sort of way. squinch [noun, Devon] A narrow crack in a wall or a space between floorboards. 'I lost sixpence through a squinch in the floor'.

The Treasury of English Poetry

The Treasury of English Poetry
Author: Mark Caldwell
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Total Pages: 778
Release: 1984
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

A short story anthology containing one selection from each of 63 American authors. Arranged chronologically from Irving's "Legend of Sleepy Hollow" through Ann Beattie's "A Reasonable Man," which was written in 1976.

The Secret Language of Birds

The Secret Language of Birds
Author: Adele Nozedar
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Total Pages: 552
Release: 2006
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

Containing historical facts, myths and real-life spiritual encounters with birds, this book features information for bird lovers who are interested in esoterica, history, folklore, and spiritual symbolism of birds throughout the world.

Treasury of Hawaiian Words in One Hundred and One Categories

Treasury of Hawaiian Words in One Hundred and One Categories
Author: Harold Winfield Kent
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Total Pages: 508
Release: 1993-01-01
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 9780824816049

This Treasury offers a wealth of information for everybody.... [It] proves that a surprising number of Hawaiian words from our receding past still help us to express ourselves in the maddening present. --from the Foreword by O. A. Bushnell Working from faded notes left more than a century ago by Dr. Charles M. Hyde, Harold Winfield Kent researched correct spellings, diacritical marks, definitions, and new words to compile this listing of Hawaiian words according to category and subject. Readers will discover unanticipated uses as they explore the treasures in this book. Some people will use it to gain an acquaintance with the Hawaiian culture in all its aspects; others will use it to enhance their familiarity with the language. It will be an aid to oratory and poetry, prayer and preaching, writing and teaching.

Only in Canada You Say

Only in Canada You Say
Author: Katherine Barber
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2008
Genre: Anglais (Langue)
ISBN: 9780195429848

Ask any Canadian about a distinctly Canadian form of English, and most will offer an enthusiastic Bob-and-Doug-McKenzie 'eh' in response. A passionate few might also bring up the colour vs. color debate or our pronunciations of 'out' and 'about'. And some may point to the ubiquitous Canadiantoque as evidence of a language that is all our own. If this is your idea of Canadian English, then it might surprise you that Katherine Barber, Editor-in-Chief of the best-selling Canadian Oxford Dictionary and author of the best-selling Six Words You Never Knew Had Something to Do With Pigs, haswritten a new book filled with nothing but made-in-Canada vocabulary. Only in Canada You Say highlights more than 1,200 words and phrases that are unique to our neck of the woods. Did you know, for example, that every time you ask for Gravol at the drug store, you're using a word that is unknownanywhere else? That those tasty butter tarts your mother used to make don't exist beyond our borders? Or that there are three distinctly Canadian sex words? And jokes about living in the Great White North aside, it is still pretty interesting to discover that there are 17 Canadian words for ice!Organized thematically, Only in Canada You Say covers Canadian English from coast to coast to coast, with sections dedicated to the things we love to do, where we live, how we get around, and what we wear. The entertaining and informative introductions to each section provide a fresh, ofteneye-opening, perspective on the reality of Canadian English from Canada's own 'Word Lady', Katherine Barber. Only in Canada You Say maybe 'eh' is just the beginning of this story!

A Second Treasury of Kahlil Gibran

A Second Treasury of Kahlil Gibran
Author: Kahlil Gibran
Publisher: Open Road Media
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2011-12-20
Genre: Literary Collections
ISBN: 1453235558

DIVWorks on joy and sorrow, life and love, by Kahlil Gibran, one of the most celebrated modern philosophersDIV /divDIVIn this magnificent volume, Gibran’s writings have been translated from their native Arabic to English by Anthony Rizcallah Ferris. The collection includes The Broken Wings, an exquisitely tender, poetic love story; The Voice of the Master, a remarkable study of life; and Thoughts and Meditations, containing Gibran’s spiritual message to the world. Each work, studded with gems of wisdom and truth, adds up to a warm, lively, and philosophical portrait of one of the twentieth century’s greatest poetic masters./divDIV/div/div

Mamá Goose

Mamá Goose
Author: Alma Flor Ada
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2023
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780316540209

Presents lullabies, finger plays, nursery rhymes, games, riddles, proverbs, and more in Spanish and English.

Wonderful English

Wonderful English
Author: Sean David Burke
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 134
Release: 2019-10-06
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0244475415

Wonderful English is a comprehensive tool for the identification and practice of common English sounds. It covers consonants, vowels, diphthongs and common consonant blends, with engaging tongue twisters, rhyme, song and alliterative verse. It also assists teachers in exploring common culture, values and experience, which is usually encountered and consolidated in child-hood. The book is designed for use by ESL teachers. It is suitable for both beginning and advanced stu-dents. Primary teachers, as well as teachers of elementary phonics, speech therapy and drama, likewise, will find it an enjoyable and useful reference work. Parents of young children may also find it useful.