9780756774622-0756774624-Your Mother's Tongue: A Book Of European Invective

Your Mother's Tongue: A Book Of European Invective

ISBN-13: 9780756774622
ISBN-10: 0756774624
Author: Stephen Burgen
Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Diane Pub Co
Format: Paperback 223 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780756774622
ISBN-10: 0756774624
Author: Stephen Burgen
Publication date: 1996
Publisher: Diane Pub Co
Format: Paperback 223 pages

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Your Mother's Tongue: A Book Of European Invective (ISBN-13: 9780756774622 and ISBN-10: 0756774624), written by authors Stephen Burgen, was published by Diane Pub Co in 1996. With an overall rating of 3.6 stars, it's a notable title among other books. You can easily purchase or rent Your Mother's Tongue: A Book Of European Invective (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $0.5.

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An extremely funny history of so-called bad language by a European author. He asserts that Europeans try to get along but keep treading on each other's toes. In this tour of anger, exasperation, prejudice, irony & loathing as expressed in some 20 European tongues, we learn that what is invective in one country is sweet talk in another. A single currency in Europe? Yes. A common language? Not on your life. The Guardian review states that the book's "His gently comic tone recognizes how funny, how much of a release, much bad language can be." "Entertaining, widely informed."
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