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The Aitch Factor
Susan Butler
其他書名
Adventures in Australian English
出版Pan Macmillan Australia, 2014
主題Language Arts & Disciplines / GeneralLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Reference
ISBN174261261X9781742612614
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=DuHWoAEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋Living languages change all the time, but many of us wish they didn't. For thirty years, Macquarie Dictionary editor Susan Butler has been in the front row watching Australians alternatively defend, reject, embrace and argue heatedly about every aspect of language usage. She has witnessed crusades against 'youse', ducked the missiles over the phrase 'man boobs', pondered the changing pronunciation of 'Beijing', recorded - controversially - the evolving meaning of 'misogyny' and wondered why on earth we still cling to the grammarian's flourish known as the apostrophe. Drawing on her own depth of experience, community consultation and the odd letter of outrage, Butler chronicles her unique adventures with the wonderfully malleable but strangely resilient beast known as the English language, and pays particular attention to the way Australians have trained it to fit their circumstances. Entertaining, insightful and occasionally irreverent, The Aitch Factor is the perfect book for word warriors, punctuation pedants and everyday lovers of language.