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PartⅠUNDERSTANDING AMERICAN ENGLISH3

1 Exporting American English3

International Travel4

Social Conversations8

Confusing Cognates13

Pronunciation15

Misunderstood American Slang19

2 Why American English Is So Difficult25

1066 and All That26

English Spoken Here...and Everywhere30

What Should We Call American English?32

Playing the Word Game33

Oxymorons40

Regional American English42

Pronunciation44

Fillers47

Black English48

Youth Slang49

Political Jargon51

Doublespeak52

Bureaucratese54

Summary55

3 Mangled Misstatements57

Part ⅡUNDERSTANDING WORLD ENGLISH79

4 English English79

Bloody Awful Words83

Riding the Highway of Words88

Food Is Not Necessarily Foode92

Grammar:Garbled or Grand?96

Spelling98

Is It Briton or Brit?99

A Dog's Breakfast100

Reference Books107

Summary108

5 English:The Global Language110

The First Faux Pas112

Canada114

Australia121

New Zealand126

South Africa130

Where Is English Spoken?136

What You Need to Know about Other English-speaking Nations140

Part ⅢBECOMING A GLOBAL COMMUNICATOR145

6 Using Interpreters145

Avoiding Translation Sickness147

Translating the Written Word149

Computerized Translations152

Presidential Pratfalls155

Telephone Translations156

Tips for Travelers Using Interpreters158

More Translation Anecdotes161

7 Social Conversations around the World165

United Kingdom167

Germany174

Italy177

France179

Russia181

Japan184

Thailand188

Korea191

8 The Tower of Business Babel195

From Boardrooms to Bathrooms197

Workaday Words or Business Bombshells?201

Business Abbreviations and Acronyms206

Shocking Similes212

Bumbled Brand Names215

Eurospeak221

Summary224

9 Confusing Cognates and Telephone TaIk225

Spanish Cognates227

German Cognates229

Telephone Talk231

10 How to Be Understood233

Ten Tips for Using American English233

Other Ways to Communicate240

Colors Communicate Too241

The Meaning of Numbers243

Other Ways to Cormprender245

Epilogue250

Words about Words250

Appendix What to Know about Other Languages and Cultures255

Japanese259

German269

French276

Italian283

Spanish290

Chinese297

Glossaries304

Australian English to American English304

American English to English English318

New Zealand English to American English324

Cockney Slang329

Oxymorons331

Index333