Green's Dictionary of Slang

[Sam Clements]

I'm waiting for the "remaindered" copies to hit.  That's how I got Jon
Lighter's tomes.  $9/each.  Not that they aren't worth much more than their
cover price....they were, are, and will be.

Jonathon's books will be worth every  pence.

Sam Clements
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ben Zimmer" <bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU>
To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2010 10:25
Subject: Re: Green's Dictionary of Slang


> On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 10:08 AM, Grant Barrett wrote:
>>
>> Jonathon Green's historical dictionary of slang is finally being
>> published:
>>
>> http://is.gd/foTvy
>>
>> Three volumes, $450, published by Oxford University Press.
>>
>> Now, if they'd only finish the other one...
>
> Just to clarify, OUP is distributing it in North America, but its UK
> publisher is Chambers Harrap.
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Greens-Dictionary-Slang-Jonathon-Green/dp/0550104402
>
> --bgz
>
>
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