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| Bum Bags and Fanny Packs : A British-American American-British Dictionary | 
| Author: Jeremy Smith
Publisher: Basic Books
Category: Book
List Price: $14.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 155433
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 8.1 x 5.4 x 1
ISBN: 0786717025
Dewey Decimal Number: 423
EAN: 9780786717026
ASIN: 0786717025
Publication Date: January 2, 2006
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Condition: BRAND NEW
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| Customer Reviews:
 excellent delivery time and excellent condition June 22, 2008
A funny book to read, and very interesting to see the similarities and differences in the English language. To see words that look and mean things so very different from the English I know.
 Not enough words March 30, 2008
I read a lot of British mysteries and keep running across words that I have never seen. I bought this book hoping that it would help me understand Britishisms that I was not familiar with. I was able to find only about one third of the words I was looking for in the first Brit mystery I've read since buying this book. This dictionary is not comprehensive enough for an avid reader. If you're really into Brit lit, save your money and look up the words online.
A Faithful Companion February 3, 2008
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
If you are an American who enjoys British novels, films, music, etc. or vice versa, this book enhances the joys of transatlantic communication through media. This book is a fresh, funny, and practical guide to modern english.
not just for Americans December 25, 2007
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
My British friend found this even more fascinating than I did, so i gave it to him when I was over there. It's a bit academic, going into all sorts of history of coins, measurements, etc. I am more of a one-liner kind of person when it comes to this sort of topic, so I enjoy the knickers in a twist book a bit more. But for intellectuals, this book is chock full of facts.
Funny and terrifically helpful January 16, 2006
38 out of 38 found this review helpful
This book is hilarious, accurate, and surprisingly useful. I lived in England for two years after college and often found myself both befuddled and tickled by the Brits' idiomatic expressions. "You're having me on!", you say. No, I'm not trying to take the Mickey out of you. Or even the Michael. I wish I'd had a copy of Bum Bags and Fanny Packs back then.
Just the other day, I consulted this book when a British colleague of mine mentioned that he found another colleague's aggressive letter to us to be "a bit shirty." Armed with Bum Bags and Fanny Packs, I not only learned the precise meaning of that adjective, but discovered an even better synonym for it: "stroppy." If you're the sort of person who enjoys wordplay, you're in for a treat with this book.
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