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Somit ist das Wörterbuch Bairisch-English ein interessantes und zugleich hilfreiches Nachschlagewerk für den anglophilen Bayern und für englischsprechende Gäste aus aller Welt. Es ist aber auch ein liebenswerter Kulturführer durch Land und Leben der Bayern - aufgelockert mit vielen lebendigen und erfrischenden Illustrationen der Künstlerin Nina Schneider.
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The monograph aims for a comprehensive look at the history of -The Big Apple-, incorporating material that has come to light since the first edition of this work was published in 1991. The overall picture now is: Apples, always important, became especially so with the appearance of the Big Red Delicious Apple in Iowa, 1870 s. -The Big Apple- therefore came to refer to somebody or something very important. In 1920 an African-American stablehand in New Orleans mentioned in conversation: -We s goin to the big apple - (NYC racetracks as the big time in horseracing). Turf writer John J. Fitz...

"Language and Civilization" is a collocation in name, and a coalescence, above all, of words and workings in human life. The concept broadly envisions a congress of folks of many tongues and achievements, presenting a motley picture in detail, but a unified whole in humanity.
The twin volumes bearing this title offer a "vita activa" in conspectus. Balances variety has been the guiding principle for contributors to act upon, and their response was cheerfully consentient. One hundred scholars from countries around the globe have sent in original papers; the table of names reads as does an...