4 results for '"Ben Yagoda"'

"By the author of the blog Not One-Off Britishisms (NOOB), an account of when, how, and why various British terms and phrases have become part of contemporary American English. Critics and...

The ultimate O. Henry: an annotated edition of classic tales by America's master storytellerTexas troubadour, convicted embezzler, and adopted New Yorker William Sidney Porter—better known as O...

What do you get when you mix nine parts of speech, one great writer, and generous dashes of insight, humor, and irreverence? One phenomenally entertaining language book.In his waggish yet...

A spot-on guide to how and why Americans have become so bloody keen on Britishisms—for good or illThe British love to complain that words and phrases imported from America—from French fries to...