Do you have a baldy clue as to who the Bear and Junglies are? Fancy a day out at Fort Weetabix? Or would you rather settle down with some swedgers? After all you don't want to be a stank dodger. If you can understand it, then this is a definitive dictionary.
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Michael Munro has lived in Glasgow all his life and is the leading authority on the city's unique and expressive dialect. "The Complete Patter," first published in 1986, has become a cult classic and achieved best-seller status. He has worked as a lexicographer with Collins and is now a freelance writer, editor and lexicographer.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By E. Moore
Format:Paperback
. . .but for all who savour wit and humour. The Patter is arguably one of the great unacknowledged classic dialect books of our time - it sells by the barrowload in Glasgow of course, and has done since 1988, but has universal appeal. There have been lots of imitations of The Patter - in Scotland and out - but this is the original and best.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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Very straight-forward book to penetrate into the Glaswegian culture. You can't get a better book than this for this lovely Glaswegian dialect, really! The one and only complaint which I have is that it would've been more helpful if it's English-Glaswegian instead of Glaswegian-English. Therefore, this book is useful if you want to understand what they are speaking about, but not when you want to speak like them.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
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What it doesn't tell you in the synopsis, is that this is a book on that well known dialect - Glaswegian.
Could be useful for anyone confused by the likes of Rab C or Billy Connolly.
Wonderful reminder for anyone who has spent time in our fair city.
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Brilliant book
I've had several versions of this book over the years. It's always been a brilliant read. I left Glasgow 50 years ago (still got a pretty good accent) and this book brings back... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Joseph Mcdonnell
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Especially good for ex-pats- it will make them SO homesick.
You cannot put this book down. The definitions of the words and the egs of how they are used in context are pure dead brilliant!!! Read more
Published on 12 Dec 1999
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Very un-put-downable!!
I bought this for my Dad, who never reads anything. And for the past fortnigh he hasn't put it down - and is constantly quoting from in. An absolute must for 60 year old scotsmen.
Published on 4 July 1999
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