Download or read book A Dictionary of Modern New Zealand Slang written by H. W. Orsman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Dictionary of Modern New Zealand Slang is a humorous yet authoritative look at the language New Zealanders use informally. Informative and amusing, it provides a unique insight into New Zealand life and culture.
Download or read book New Zealand Slang Dictionary written by H. W. Orsman and published by Raupo. This book was released on 1992 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Slang written by David McGill and published by Raupo. This book was released on 2003-01-01 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive collection of the informal language of New Zealanders with more than 3000 entries to cover the astonishing range of weird and wonderful sayings that give Kiwispeak its distinctive flavour.
Download or read book New Zealand Slang written by Sidney John. ue Baker and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Dictionary of New Zealand English written by H. W. Orsman and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 1997 with total page 988 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Dictionary of New Zealand English provides a unique historical record of New Zealand words and phrases, from their earliest use to the present day. The 6,000 main headword entries and 9,300 separate sub-entries provide fascinating insights into New Zealand's diverse linguistic heritage. The definitions are illustrated by 47,000 select quotations arranged in chronological order from the earliest to the latest. The origin of each headword is discussed. The Dictionary of New Zealand English is an essential reference for those interested in New Zealand society, history and culture, and makes an invaluable contribution to the study of the English language worldwide.
Download or read book A Dictionary of Noughties Kiwi Slang written by David McGill and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection presents the active slang, catchphrases and colloquialisms in Kiwi use in the first decade of the new century.
Download or read book New Zealand Slang written by Sidney John Baker and published by . This book was released on 1940 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Zealand Slang written by Sidney John Baker and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Godzone Dictionary written by Max Cryer and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-08 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Godzone Dictionary is a concise A-Z of the words and phrases that make our New Zealand language and speech patterns so distinctive and individual, from Aotearoa and Avondale spiders to Zambuck and Zespri. Sland words and expressions feature heavily, while one of the unique features of this book is the large number of Maori words that have be...
Download or read book The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English written by Tom Dalzell and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-26 with total page 864 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Booklist Top of the List Reference Source The heir and successor to Eric Partridge's brilliant magnum opus, The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, this two-volume New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is the definitive record of post WWII slang. Containing over 60,000 entries, this new edition of the authoritative work on slang details the slang and unconventional English of the English-speaking world since 1945, and through the first decade of the new millennium, with the same thorough, intense, and lively scholarship that characterized Partridge's own work. Unique, exciting and, at times, hilariously shocking, key features include: unprecedented coverage of World English, with equal prominence given to American and British English slang, and entries included from Australia, New Zealand, Canada, India, South Africa, Ireland, and the Caribbean emphasis on post-World War II slang and unconventional English published sources given for each entry, often including an early or significant example of the term’s use in print. hundreds of thousands of citations from popular literature, newspapers, magazines, movies, and songs illustrating usage of the headwords dating information for each headword in the tradition of Partridge, commentary on the term’s origins and meaning New to this edition: A new preface noting slang trends of the last five years Over 1,000 new entries from the US, UK and Australia New terms from the language of social networking Many entries now revised to include new dating, new citations from written sources and new glosses The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English is a spectacular resource infused with humour and learning – it’s rude, it’s delightful, and it’s a prize for anyone with a love of language.
Download or read book New Zealand Slang written by Kirill Kruger and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New Zealand Slang written by Sidney John Baker and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language written by William Williams and published by London : [s.n.]. This book was released on 1871 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Third edition of Māori-English dictionary"--BIM.
Download or read book Cassell s Dictionary of Slang written by Jonathon Green and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2005 with total page 1600 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With its unparalleled coverage of English slang of all types (from 18th-century cant to contemporary gay slang), and its uncluttered editorial apparatus, Cassell's Dictionary of Slang was warmly received when its first edition appeared in 1998. 'Brilliant.' said Mark Lawson on BBC2's The Late Review; 'This is a terrific piece of work - learned, entertaining, funny, stimulating' said Jonathan Meades in The Evening Standard.But now the world's best single-volume dictionary of English slang is about to get even better. Jonathon Green has spent the last seven years on a vast project: to research in depth the English slang vocabulary and to hunt down and record written instances of the use of as many slang words as possible. This has entailed trawling through more than 4000 books - plus song lyrics, TV and movie scripts, and many newspapers and magazines - for relevant material. The research has thrown up some fascinating results
Download or read book David McGill s Complete Kiwi Slang Dictionary written by David McGill and published by Raupo. This book was released on 1998-01-01 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Dictionary of the New Zealand Language written by William Williams and published by . This book was released on 1892 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Fourth edition of Māori-English, English-Māori dictionary"--BIM.
Download or read book Up the Boohai Shooting Pukakas written by David McGill and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
