McQuain, Jeff,  1955- <br/><br/>
Never enough words :  how Americans invented expressions as ingenious, ornery, and colorful as themselves / 
Jeffrey McQuain. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - New York :  Random House,  1999. 
 - xxv, 278 pages ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (pages 264-267) and index. 
<br/><br/> Personally speaking: the American spirit --  Intellectually speaking: the American mind --  Emotionally speaking: the American heart. 
<br/><br/> As Jeffrey McQuain illustrates in this history of the American language, there are Never Enough Words. Chronicling American English from its first deviations from the King's English to today's cyberlanguage, he delves into our linguistic history to show how a new American language was invented and re-invented over the centuries from colonial times to today. Along the way, he demonstrates for the first time how specific characteristic American traits are directly connected to the terms we have coined. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0679458042 9780679458043 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>99012356 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>English language--Terms and phrases.--United States<br/>English language--Etymology.--United States<br/>Figures of speech.<br/>Americanisms.<br/>English language--Terminology.--United States<br/>French language--Figures of speech.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Dictionaries.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PE2839  / .M38 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>427/.973