About the Author

Alexandra Fiada is a journalist and author who has been fascinated from an early age by words and languages. She is probably the only person in the world who reads etymological dictionaries as if they were novels and has always understood the linguistic difficulties summed up in the well-known saying: 'It's all Greek to me.' This is why when trying to teach her British and American friends to pronounce Greek without a Herculean struggle, she used the 'Xenophobe's way'. And, hey presto, now they can get by in Greek with the best of them.

Reviews

"At last, a series of phrase books has now been launched for 'xenolinguists' - people who are afraid of speaking a foreign tongue." -- Eruditor.com "At last, a series of phrase books has now been launched for 'xenolinguists' - people who are afraid of speaking a foreign tongue." -- Eruditor.com "I thought Greek would be too 'ard, but with this book you can really get the 'ang of it!" -- 'arry Stottle Essential phrases will trip off your tongue, gems like: 'Is your son going to play bouzouki music all night?' 'Are you insured for damages?' and 'I am not related to the Elgins: I only took a pebble as a memento!' -- From Greek for Xenophobes