How to Talk Like a Local
A National Phrasebook from the author of Word Perfect
$30.29
- Paperback
256 pages
- Release Date
14 February 2011
Summary
The first collection of local words and phrases to take in every region of the country.
‘Susie Dent is a national treasure’ RICHARD OSMAN ‘Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language’ PAM AYRES
Would you be bewildered if someone described you as radgy? Do you know how to recognise a tittamatorter? And would you understand if someone called you a culchie?
How to Talk Like a Local gathers together hundreds of words from all over th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780099514763 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0099514761 |
| Author: | Susie Dent |
| Publisher: | Cornerstone |
| Imprint: | Arrow Books Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 14 February 2011 |
| Weight: | 139g |
| Dimensions: | 178mm x 110mm x 17mm |
| Series: | Arrow Books |
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Critics Review
“It’s an interesting and, at times, hilarious read. One for word-lovers.”
It’s an interesting and, at times, hilarious read. One for word-lovers * The Sun *A scattershot guide to regional British vocabulary, from “gutties” to “woollyback” and beyond * Big Issue Scotland *An amenable, approachable but intelligent look at regional idiom and slang * thebookbag.co.uk *
About The Author
Susie Dent
Susie Dent is a lexicographer, logophile, and longtime queen of Countdown’s Dictionary Corner. An independent editor and translator, Dent is the author multiple books that explore the joys of language, including Word Perfect, and How To Talk Like A Local. Previously, Dent has also worked across numerous editions of The Language Report, an annual guide to the new words and phrases that find their way into the English language.
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