@article{344516,
      recid = {344516},
      author = {Davies, Christopher,},
      title = {Divided by a common language a guide to British and  American English / [electronic resource] :},
      publisher = {Houghton Mifflin,},
      address = {Boston, Mass. :},
      pages = {1 online resource (viii, 248 p.)},
      year = {2007},
      note = {Access restricted to authorized users.},
      abstract = {Puzzled by signs warning you to mind the gap in the London  Underground? Wondering what will be on your plate if you  order toad in the hole off the menu of a London café?  Unable to suss out what people in the UK mean to say? Then  mug up on your British English with Divided By A Common  Language: A Guide to British and American English. Author  Christopher Davies explains all of these expressions -  along with hundreds more - and discusses the many  differences in pronunciation, spelling, and vocabulary  between British and American English. Two large glossaries  help both American and British travelers translate easily  from one variety of English to the other. With Divided by a  Common Language in hand, Americans and Britons can leap the  language gap between the US and the UK with confidence.},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/344516},
}