Do's and Taboos of Using English Around The World

Axtell, Roger E.

ISBN 10: 0471127353 / ISBN 13: 9780471127352

Published by John Wiley & Sons, 1995

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Complete number line at copyright page. Pages [xcii, 206 including index]. Illustrated throughout with B&W art reproductions[ cartoons]. By the author of Do's and Taboos Around the World. Media Mail, Priority & most international shipping include free tracking information. Every book listed is located in my smoke free and climate controlled shop. All are inspected by me and will have qualities and/or flaws described. Size: 8vo - over 7 3/4 to 9 3/4". Seller Inventory # 013337

Bibliographic Details

Title: Do's and Taboos of Using English Around The ...

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Publication Date: 1995

Binding: Trade Paperback

Illustrator: Fornwald, Mike [text] & Steve Sweny [cover]

Condition: New

Edition: First Edition First Printing.

About this title

Synopsis:

Axtel is a former VP of Worldwide Marketing for the Parker Pen company who has spent 30 years living and traveling abroad.This book is aimed at anyone trying to be understood while speaking English with non-native speakers at home or abroad.Axtel also makes important distinctions between English speakers from different countries.The book features both amusing anecdotes and helpful advice.

From the Publisher:

The New Yorker calls Roger Axtell ``the international Emily Post.'' His entertaining manual on American English is packed with helpful and witty information. Amusing anecdotes illustrate the confusion that ensues when certain English words and phrases are used outside their country of origin. Axtell provides simple rules and practical advice to avoid these mix-ups when dealing with people around the world, primarily in business situations. A reference glossary lists useful phrases and dangerous cognates (written phonetically) for Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Italian, Arabic, Portuguese, Chinese and Russian.