Bill Casselman
For a Canadian politician, see William H. Casselman.
William Gordon Casselman (born 1942, Dunnville, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian writer and broadcaster. He has written a number books about Canadian words[1] and produced a number of radio and TV shows featuring comedy and linguistics.[2] Casselman also maintains a website about English etymology[3] and a blog, The Casselmanual.[4]
Bibliography
- Casselman's Canadian Words: A Comic Browse through Words & Folk Sayings Invented by Canadians
- 1st edition 1995 Copp Clark ISBN 0-7730-5515-0
- 2nd edition 1997 Little, Brown ISBN 0-316-13350-7
- 3rd edition 1999 McArthur & Company, ISBN 1-55278-034-1
- Casselmania: More Wacky Canadian Words & Sayings 1996 Little, Brown, ISBN 0-316-13314-0
- Canadian Garden Words, 1997, McArthur & Company, ISBN 0-316-13343-4
- A Dictionary of Medical Derivations: The Real Meanings of Medical Words, 1998, Parthenon Publishing Group, ISBN 1-85070-771-5
- Canadian Food Words: The Juicy Lore & Tasty Origins of Foods That Founded a Nation 1998, 1999 McArthur & Company ISBN 1-55278-018-X
- The book was a recipient of the 1999 Canadian Culinary Book Award [5]
- What's in a Canadian Name? The Origins and Meanings of Canadian Surnames, 2000 McArthur & Company, ISBN 1-55278-141-0
- Canadian Sayings : 1200 Folk Sayings Used by Canadians, Collected and Annotated by Bill Casselman,1999 McArthur & Company, Toronto, Canada ISBN 1-55278-076-7
- Canadian Sayings 2: 1000 Folk Sayings Used by Canadians, 2002 McArthur & Company,ISBN 1-55278-272-7
- Canadian Sayings 3: 1000 Folk Sayings Used by Canadians, 2004 McArthur & Company,ISBN 1-55278-425-8
- As The Canoe Tips: Comic Scenes from Canadian Life, 2005 McArthur & Company, ISBN 1-55278-493-2
- Canadian Words & Sayings, 2006 McArthur & Company, ISBN 1-55278-569-6
- Where a Dobdob Meets a Dikdik, 2010, Adams Media, ISBN 1-4405-0636-1 (also available in several e-book formats)
References
- ↑ "The English Language in Canada: Status, History and Comparative Analysis", by Charles Boberg, ISBN 0-521-87432-7, 2010, p. 49
- ↑ Bill Casselman autobiography
- ↑ Official website
- ↑ The Casselmanual
- ↑ Canadian Culinary Book Award