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This work is a celebration of the dialect spoken in Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and South Staffordshire. The amazing text and cartoon-like illustrations capture the warmth and humour of the East Midlands.
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Being brought up in a mining community on the Notts/Derbys border its refreshing to read my heritage in print......indeed one thing that Thatcher couldn't destroy. A wonderful little book with words and phrases I had not heard since childhood. With the advent of political regionalisation these sort of books ought to be a must in educational establishments to remind children the origins of their fathers, mothers and grandparents dialect. The sort of book you hold for life.
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The main thing I have left from growing up in Heanor in South
derbyshire is my (some would say broad) local accent.
derbyshire is my (some would say broad) local accent.
This book is a wonderfully humorous and affectionate look at
something I hold dear, and has some surprisingly scholarly
discussions of the local drawl next to the funnies.
A must for those who like me no longer live in the area for
when you feel homesick, also just about passes muster as a translation guide :-)
any road tat tar mi ducks SEIVE THEE
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I hadn't seen this book since I was a teenager but have recently come in for some stick for my accent by some other expats here in Spain (I do produce entire classes of Derbyshire-sounding Spanish kids in school). I have no intention of changing and this book has helped me remember how I should be speaking instead of ah sum mardy suthner thinks I should speak. Works as a dictionary too. A linguistic classic.
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I wanted to get this book to explain to my friends etc in New Zealand why my accent is like it is, anyway they try to read it which is always a good laugh, I really enjoyed the... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Kozzy
Excellent look at Derbyshire lingo
This book is very enjoyable to read, if you are born and bred in the Derbyshire area and also if not. Read more
Published 4 months ago by M. Jones
Don't folk speak funny!
A well written, amusing and highly instructive book about the different ways that the English language is spoken. Read more
Published 5 months ago by Henry George
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Another nostalgic offering for folks who have left their native South Derbyshire and the Erewash Valley. Will this language survive? Probably not, so this book is important.
Published 7 months ago by Mike
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Highly entertaining!!!
Is this how I speak?
Another good read............my new book....out very soon.
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Is this how I speak?
Another good read............my new book....out very soon.
By....a Derbyshire Poet.... Read more
Published 10 months ago by Lulu
Not what I expected
I had not heard of the many sayings. Which was disappointing because I am from Nottingham.
Published 21 months ago by sw
A bobby dazzler!
I was born and brought up in Ilson in the 1950's, now living in Wales, and this little gem brought back so many wonderful happy memories of my childhood. Read more
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