{PDF} 21st century american english compendium : a portable guide to the idiosyncrasies, subtleties, technical jargon, and conventional wisdom of american english Marvin Rubinstein

Content: 1. American spoken here — English understood — 2. Proverbs, slogans, and aphorisms — 3. Popular American expressions — 4. Proverbial commentaries — 5. Similes and metaphors indicating extremes — 6. American slang and colloquialisms — 7. British vs. American English (and vice versa) — 8. Worldwide English — 9. Foreign words and phrases frequently used in English — 10. Common American legal terms — 11. Common American medical terms — 12. Business colloquialisms, slang and acronyms — 13. Acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms — 14. Acronyms, abbreviations, and initialisms in the computer, Internet and communications industries — 15. From where do you hail? — 16. For the symbol minded