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  • Mass Market Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Arrow (3 Feb 2011)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0099514761
  • ISBN-13: 978-0099514763
  • Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 1.6 x 17.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 338,011 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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The first collection of local words and phrases to take in every region of the country

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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 the country and digs down to uncover their origins. From dardledumdue, which means daydreamer in East Anglia, through forkin robbins, the Yorkshire term for earwigs, to clemt, a Lancashire word that means hungry, it investigates an astonishingly rich variety of regional expressions, and provides a fascinating insight into the history of the English language.

If you're intrigued by colourful words and phrases, if you're interested in how English is really spoken, or if you simply want to find out a bit more about the development of our language, How to Talk Like a Local is irresistible - and enlightening - reading.


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schoolmum 24 Jun 2011
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I really liked this book. It made me laugh and explained some of the very odd sayings that are still used by many of my friends.
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This book was well received by my Father in Law who loves anything about words and is an avid Countdown watcher. I was surprised that it was such a short book for the price but he was happy
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