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How to Talk American (Paperback)

by Jim Crotty (Author)

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Paperback: 448 pages
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade) (31 Oct 1997)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0395780322
ISBN-13: 978-0395780329
Product Dimensions: 23 x 12.8 x 1.9 cm

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Provides a guide to American speech from around the nation, including Detroit, Chicago, and Seattle, and on such topics as Deadheads, Disney, the music business, sports, and street slang.

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4.0 out of 5 stars great fun . . .especially liked the "midwest" section, 15 Jul 1998

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this compilation of phrases, slang, and witicisms really tickled me! Especially enjoyed the midwest section as I was born in Omaha, NB and raised (reared?) in Indiana and Iowa . . .fun!

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