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Adrian Room (1933–2010)

Autor/a de Brewer's Dictionary of Modern Phrase & Fable

67+ obres 1,064 Membres 8 Ressenyes

Sobre l'autor

Adrian Room was a noted toponymist and onomastician. The author of more than 50 reference books about words and names, he lived in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England.

Obres de Adrian Room

Dictionary of Confusable Words (1979) 80 exemplars
Dictionary of Britain (1986) 77 exemplars
Brewer's Dictionary of Names (1992) — Editor, algunes edicions; Editor — 47 exemplars
Dictionary of Irish Place Names (1986) 28 exemplars
The Guinness Book of Numbers (1989) 26 exemplars
Dictionary of Coin Names (1987) 11 exemplars
The Street Names of England (1992) 9 exemplars
Dictionary of Dedications (1990) 8 exemplars
Place-name changes 1900-1991 (1994) 2 exemplars
A Name for Your Baby (1992) 1 exemplars

Obres associades

Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable (1870) — Editor, algunes edicions3,007 exemplars
The Oxford Names Companion (2002) — Editor, algunes edicions55 exemplars

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Coneixement comú

Nom normalitzat
Room, Adrian
Data de naixement
1933-09-27
Data de defunció
2010
Gènere
male
Nacionalitat
UK
Lloc de naixement
Melksham, Wiltshire, England
Organitzacions
Royal Geographic Society (Fellow)

Membres

Ressenyes

This ought to be called the dictionary of untrue etymologies, as that is where the author spends most of his time.
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Marcat
MarthaJeanne | Sep 2, 2013 |
Dissolute/dissipated, doddering/doting, dominating/domineering, disperse/dispel/dissipate, dissembling/dissimulating/ simulating – tanti confusibles, che ti confonde davvero le idee. Personalmente, preferisco evitare i libri di falsi amici e simili nemici perché tendono a confondermi le idee laddove prima le avevo chiare, ma ogni tanto servono a capirci qualcosa. La differenza fra specially e especially, fra spire e steeple, scupper e scuttle, sortie e sally?
Segnalato da Simon Turner
 
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Biblit | Jun 25, 2010 |
Informazioni in ordine alfabetico su tutti gli aspetti della vita e delle istituzioni britanniche, da "A level" a "zebra crossing", passando per "Jock", "Open University", e "Norman 'On-yer-bike' Tebbit", con appendici sui gradi nelle forze armate, il sistema monetario, l'ordine di precedenza
dei pari e cartine varie.
Segnalato da Anna Ravano
 
Marcat
Biblit | Jun 6, 2010 |

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Obres
67
També de
2
Membres
1,064
Popularitat
#24,197
Valoració
4.1
Ressenyes
8
ISBN
135
Llengües
1

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