Don't Say It
Author(s):
Ross, Alan S C
Illustrator(s):
Bentley, Nicolas
| Binding: | Hardcover |
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| Size: | 6 - 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall |
| Volume Condition: | Very Good |
| Dust Jacket: | Yes |
| Dust Jacket Condition: | Very Good |
| Edition: | 1st Edition |
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| Impression: | 1st Impression |
| Language: | English |
| Publisher Name: | Hamish Hamilton |
| Publication Year: | 1973 |
| Publication Place: | London, UK |
| SKU: | 030784 |
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| Categories: | Words, Writing, Grammar and Languages |
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Words, Writing, Grammar and Languages
First editon. 122pp. In purple cloth-covered boards with gilt lettering on the spine. 8vo. Cloth a little pushed at spine ends else neat, clean, bright and tight throughout. In its original illustrated dust wrapper, just a little bumped on extreme edges. Dust wrapper design and illustration by Nicolas Bentley.
This volume follows on from Alan Ross's How to Pronounce It. In that book he distinguished between U and Non-U pronounciations and between the educated and the uneducated pronounciations. In this book he does the same for words and phrases. Thus 'pleased to meet you' is, in his view, non-U; and 'I was there light-years ago' is certainly not educated, light years between a measurement of distance not time.
Keywords:
Words
Phrases
Speech
Communications
Language
