Amglish In, Like, Ten Easy Lessons
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glade1
of McLeansville, North Carolina USA on 7/12/2014
This Book is Currently in the Wild!
glade1 of McLeansville, North Carolina USA on 7/12/2014 This Book is Currently in the Wild!
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Picked up at Goodwill today. From Amazon:
One of the world's leading linguists recently wrote: "We may be seeing the birth of a new language as yet without a name." He was referencing the new informal mixture of English and other languages being freely formed around the world, with little effort to conform to prescribed rules of grammar, syntax, or spelling.
Amglish in, Like, Ten Easy Lessons: A Celebration of the New World Lingo, by Arthur Rowse with illustrations by John Doherty, offers both a name for this new language and an enjoyable guide on how one can learn to use the language through ten easy "lessons." The authors describe how Amglish, or American English influenced by online grammar and syntax, has begun to dominate our global language.
Featuring an ironic manual on how to use this developing language, Amglish is a light and highly entertaining addition to the recent literature on grammar and punctuation. Illustrated with original drawings throughout, the book shows readers how to improve their Amglish and have fun doing so.
One of the world's leading linguists recently wrote: "We may be seeing the birth of a new language as yet without a name." He was referencing the new informal mixture of English and other languages being freely formed around the world, with little effort to conform to prescribed rules of grammar, syntax, or spelling.
Amglish in, Like, Ten Easy Lessons: A Celebration of the New World Lingo, by Arthur Rowse with illustrations by John Doherty, offers both a name for this new language and an enjoyable guide on how one can learn to use the language through ten easy "lessons." The authors describe how Amglish, or American English influenced by online grammar and syntax, has begun to dominate our global language.
Featuring an ironic manual on how to use this developing language, Amglish is a light and highly entertaining addition to the recent literature on grammar and punctuation. Illustrated with original drawings throughout, the book shows readers how to improve their Amglish and have fun doing so.
This was a so-so book. The first part is about the purported decline of English in America. The rest of the book talks about how English is taking over the world, at least the sloppy Amglish version of English. I agree that there are a lot of people who don't know English but there are a lot who do as well. That has always been the case. I just think it's more public because everything is more public these days, with the Internet. It is fairly interesting but probably not really enough for a book, so it seems a bit redundant in places.
Journal Entry 3 by glade1 at Cone Health Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina USA on Wednesday, May 3, 2023
glade1 at Cone Health Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina USA on Wednesday, May 3, 2023
Released 1 yr ago (5/3/2023 UTC) at Cone Health Moses Cone Hospital in Greensboro, North Carolina USA
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