RRP: £7.99
Online Price: £5.99
ISBN-13: 978 0245 60764 6
Paperback
416 pp
178 x 111 mm
"Bull's-eye accuracy"
Boyd Tonkin, The Independent
"A perfect leaving-home pressie for your gap-year teenager"
Leicester Mercury
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Warning: this book contains some very rude words and is not for the easily shocked!
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A runaway bestseller since its launch, Pardon My French! is a pocket-sized dictionary of French and English slang as it is spoken today. This edition includes even more non-standard language from the colloquial to the vulgar, with over 2,500 terms added. Ideal for both Francophobes and Francophiles alike.
- Over 14,000 references
- Dozens of helpful usage notes to explain interesting meanings and origins
- Thematic panels on the slang of sex, alcohol, violence etc
- Fully updated and revised panels on varieties of slang (eg verlan,
javanais, Black American slang)
- Excellent coverage of regional varieties of slang, including North
American and Australian
- Attractive, modern page design
Downloadable sample pages -
Pardon My French.pdf (120k)
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See also:
Pardon My Spanish! and Pardon My German!
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