The 100 Words That Make The English
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The 100 Words That Make The English
By (Author) Tony Thorne
Little, Brown Book Group
Abacus
12th April 2011
United Kingdom
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
428.00207
Physical Properties
Paperback
352
Width 230mm, Height 128mm, Spine 197mm
220g
Description
Englishness is an ancient and powerful concept, but no one seems sure exactly what it means in the twenty-first century. In exploring our national identity, Tony Thorne has compiled a fascinating compendium of the hundred words and phrases that have become the cornerstones of modern English, and have been used - sometimes deliberately, but often inadvertently - to stake out our common ground, to define what makes us essentially English, and thus different from those beastly foreigners who lurk just off our shores.
Reviews
** 'There is much that is admirable and entertaining here . . . I learnt a lot about slang - Lynne Truss, SUNDAY TIMES
Author Bio
Tony Thorne is Language and Innovation consultant and director of the New Language Archive at King's College, London. He broadcasts regularly on radio, including for the BBC, and has been a Hollywood script consultant and an EU adviser on language and communication.
