by Christopher J. Moore · Penguin · tapa dura · ISBN 9781592408986
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«How to Speak Brit» is the reference guide to British English by Christopher J. Moore, published by Penguin in hardcover (128 pages, in English).
An A-to-Z tour of British English: the author explains the origins of typical expressions, from cockney to phrases like «All right». Moore combines history, literature, and popular culture to trace the influence of Chaucer, Shakespeare, Dickens, and Wodehouse, and unpacks sayings like «Bob's your uncle» or «posh».
This is an illustrated edition, originally published on September 11, 2014, with the full text in English.
For anglophiles, students of English, and readers curious about idioms and British culture.
