A more-ishly browsable collection of words and phrases, linguistic quirks, lexical oddities and syntactic surprises. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 146 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear. 2008. Paperback. . . . .

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Title: The Secret Life of the English Language: Buttering Parsnips and Twocking Chavs
Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
Publication Date: 2008
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0753824175
ISBN 13: 9780753824177
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good

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Buttering Parsnips, Twocking Chavs

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Martin H. Manser has been a professional reference book editor since 1980. He has compiled or edited more than 150 reference books, particularly English-language dictionaries, thesauruses, and Bible reference titles. He is also a language trainer and consultant with national companies and organizations. He and his wife live in Aylesbury and have a son and a daughter.

David Pickering is an experienced reference book compiler, freelance since 1992. He has contributed (often as sole author or chief editor) to around 200 books in the fields of general reference, English language, the arts, history and popular interest. He has also broadcast many times on a variety of subjects on radio and television. He lives in Buckingham with his wife and two sons.

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