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You wouldn’t be ‘barking mad’ if, when asked the definition of certain phrases, ‘the cat got your tongue’ and you ‘clammed up’. Let’s not ‘beat around the bush’; the English language is littered with linguistic quirks that, on closer examination, seem utterly fantastical. In Spilling the Beans on the Cat’s Pyjamas, Judy Parkinson explores the many colourful – but rather incomprehensible – phrases that enhance our language, describing their origins and defining their true meanings.

Jolly Wicked, Actually is a wonderfully entertaining compendium of the 100 words and phrases that have, over the last century, become the cornerstones of modern spoken English. Despite attempts by politicians and writers, despite lessons in citizenship enshrined in the national curriculum, we have famously never been able to define for posterity precisely what Englishness is. Jolly Wicked, Actually takes certain well-loved and crucial expressions such as sorry, nice, common, posh, cuppa and chippy, explores their strange and wonderful origins, and demonstrates with wit and charm how they are emblems essential to all our notions of Englishness.

"Tra i miei libri, 'L'inglese' è quello che ha mostrato più intraprendenza" scrive Beppe Severgnini. "I lettori ne hanno fatto ciò che hanno voluto: un pamphlet sulla lingua del mondo, un gioco, una provocazione, un testo scolastico, un divertimento per quelli che l'inglese lo sapevano, una speranza per quanti volevano impararlo." Questa vitalità ha convinto l'autore che occorreva un aggiornamento. L'inglese infatti cambia in fretta, e la gioiosa manomissione degli italiani tiene il passo. Pensate al linguaggio di Internet, o alle semplificazioni dell'inglese d'America.

折り返し世代を応援する「人生100年時代ブックス」、創刊！仕事、働き方、健康、家族……

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