a breathtaking guided tour to the state of the Enligh language in 2003...thoroughly entertaining and informative Beachcomber, Daily Express

INTRODUCTION; WHAT GOES AROUND ...: A HUNDRED YEARS OF NEW WORDS; UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT: THE WORDS IN THE NEWS; THE LANGUAGE INNOVATORS: HOW NEW WORDS COME ABOUT; WNT 2 TLK TXT?; LANGUAGE ON A PLATE: FOOD AND DRINK; WORDS ON THE CATWALK: THE LANGUAGE OF FASHION; PLAIN CYBERSPEAKING; FIGHTING TALK: THE LANGUAGE OF BATTLE; TALKING ON-MESSAGE: THE NEW POLITICAL LEXICON; RIDING THE SOUNDWAVES: THE LANGUAGE OF MUSIC; COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE: THE VOCABULARY OF BUSINESS; THE WORD ON THE PITCH: SPORTING LANGUAGE; THE QUOTES OF THE CENTURY; CHEWING THE LINGUISTIC SCENERY: IDIOMS; SLOGANS ARE FOREVER: THE BEST OF 75 YEARS OF ADVERTISING; DINKY DIRTS AND TONY BLAIRS: RHYMING SLANG IN THE 2000'S; FREE COMMENT: THE ART OF THE HEADLINE; STICKS AND STONES; QUESTIONS OF ENGLISH; WEIRD AND WONDERFUL WORDS; APOSTROPHE CATASTROPHES: NEW TRENDS IN GRAMMAR AND USAGE; WHERE GLOBAL MEETS LOCAL: WORLD ENGLISH; FICTIONAL REALITIES: THE LANGUAGE OF TV; LINGUISTIC SIGNATURES: THE POWER OF THE CATCHPHRASE; A WORD A YEAR: 1903-2003; SOUND AND FURY: THE CHANGING PRONUNCIATION OF BRITISH ENGLISH; CRUCIVERBALISM: THE LURE OF THE WORD GAME