Pardon My English
An Exploration of Slang & Informal Language
By Michael Munroe
October 2007
Chambers Harrap Ltd
ISBN: 9780550102867
370 pages
$24.95 Paper
Pardon My English! looks into some of the shadier recesses of the English language, considering the slang terms used by different countries and different parts of Britain, and the developemtn of slang over the centuries. In doing so, it covers a huge variety of words, ranging from quaint archaisms to industrial-strength expletives.