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Highlights
- In our globally interconnected age, misnaming where someone is from or the cultural group to which they belong often constitutes more than a harmless social gaffe.
- Author(s): Paul Dickson
- 288 Pages
- Reference, Genealogy & Heraldry
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Book Synopsis
In our globally interconnected age, misnaming where someone is from or the cultural group to which they belong often constitutes more than a harmless social gaffe. Labels for Locals provides guidance on the preferred, and sometimes disdained, names for selected locales, cities, regions, countries, and ethnic groups worldwide.
Review Quotes
"A fascinating and useful tour de force." -- Charles Osgood
"Filled with tantalizing trivia and fascinating facts, this book will be savored by word loveres everywhere." -- Mardy Grothe, author of Viva La Repartee and Oxymoronica
"Labels for Locals is loaded with surprising, entertaining, and useful tidbits." -- Barbara Wallraff, author of Word Fugitives and Word Court
"Dickson's done it again with another book that no classroom or newsroom should be without." -- Grant Barrett, Project Editor Historical Dictionary of American Slang, Oxford University Press