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What they're saying about Let's Talk Turkey:

"a delightful and very readable collection of interesting tidbits of American expressions . . ." -- David K. Barnhart, editor of The Barnhart Dictionary Companion

"entertaining and illuminating and highly recommended" -- Erin McKean, editor of Verbatim: the Language Quarterly

"shows how an American vernacular developed that transformed the King's English into the people's speech. You can bet your bottom dollar that this book will inform and amuse . . ." -- Randall M. Miller, coauthor of Unto a Good Land: A History of the American People

"a pleasure to read . . . well-researched and reliable"
-- Allan Metcalf, author of Predicting New Words: The Secrets of Their Success

"chock-full of chat about words" -- Richard W. Bailey, author of Nineteenth-century English

A sample of the expressions featured in this book:

• hit pay dirt
• bite the dust
• cherry-pick
• be out in left field
• ride the gravy train