Bill Bryson - Made in America (english)

Ein typischer Bill Bryson - absolut schräg, vollgepackt mit genialen und bissigen Kommentaren, eine Analyse der englischen Sprache ... ... ... in Amerika.

Ich selbst hatte diesen Titel leider doppelt, daher biete ich ihn hier noch ungenutzt zum Kauf oder Tausch an.

Amazon schrieb dazu: "Made in America will supply you with interesting facts and cocktail chatter for a year or more. Did you know, for example, that Teddy Roosevelt's "speak softly and carry a big stick" credo has its roots in a West African proverb? Or that actor Walter Matthau's given name is Walter Mattaschanskayasky? Or that the supposedly frigid Puritans--who called themselves "Saints," by the way--had something called a pre-contract, which was a license for premarital sex? Made in America is an excellent discussion of American English, but what makes the book such a treasure is that it offers much, much more. "