Nicholas Humez, Alexander Humez, and Rob Flynn

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Short Cuts: A Guide to Oaths, Ring Tones, Ransom Notes, Famous Last Words, and Other Forms of Minimalist Communication

For readers who love language and enjoy rummaging through the cultural baggage that comes with it, Short Cuts gathers an engaging sampler of the most delightful and cogent--and above all brief--forms of contemporary English.  From the bank robbery note to the billboard, from the curse hurled from a car window (or the Senate floor) to the suicide note, and from the ghost-word to the ring tone, Short Cuts delves head first into the world of shrunken words, showing how oaths became curses and calling cards became Facebook. 

Short Cuts: A Guide to Oaths, Ring Tones, Ransom Notes, Famous Last Words, and Other Forms of Minimalist Communication (Hardcover)

By Alexander Humez, Nicholas Humez, Rob Flynn

$19.95

ISBN-13: 9780195389135
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Published: Oxford University Press, USA, 08/01/2010

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