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Labels for Locals : What to Call People from Abilene to Zimbabwe
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Labels for Locals
Author(s): Paul Dickson
Review(s):
“A fascinating and useful tour de force.”
“Filled with tantalizing trivia and fascinating facts, this book will be savored by word loveres everywhere.”
“Labels for Locals is loaded with surprising, entertaining, and useful tidbits.”
“Dickson’s done it again with another book that no classroom or newsroom should be without.”
ISBN: 9780060881641
Author(s): Paul Dickson
In our globally interconnected age, misnaming where someone is from or the cultural group to which they belong often constitutes more than a harmless social gaffe. Labels for Locals provides guidance on the preferred, and sometimes disdained, names for selected locales, cities, regions, countries, and ethnic groups worldwide.
Review(s):
“A fascinating and useful tour de force.”
“Filled with tantalizing trivia and fascinating facts, this book will be savored by word loveres everywhere.”
“Labels for Locals is loaded with surprising, entertaining, and useful tidbits.”
“Dickson’s done it again with another book that no classroom or newsroom should be without.”
ISBN: 9780060881641