Labels for Locals: What to Call People from Abilene to Zimbabwe

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ISBN-10:

0877796165

ISBN-13:

9780877796169

Author(s): Dickson, Paul
Released: Jan 01, 1997
Publisher: Merriam-Webster
Format: Paperback, 217 pages
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Description:

These are the polite versions. Most are the standard English form such as Costa Rican and Grand Forker. Also includes nicknames such as Hoosier (Indiana) and Hogtowner (Toronto) and some foreign terms, especially Spanish and French. Lists both places and names, and traces the origin of many of the unusually terms. Well cross-referenced. No index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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