How to Talk Like a Local: From Cockney to Geordie
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- Author：Susie Dent
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Summary
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。
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。
Reviews
Christopher
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How to Talk like a Local is， essentially， Susie Dent’s alphabetical listing of unusual words drawn from the dialects of England， Wales and Scotland。 Under each word， she lists its particular provenance （whether very specific like “Liverpool” or more generally regional like “the South-West”） and then gives us a few words about the word’s appearances in English literature of centuries past or its etymology。 Interspersed with Susie Dent’s A-Z listings are brief essays by Simon Elmes that give a mor How to Talk like a Local is， essentially， Susie Dent’s alphabetical listing of unusual words drawn from the dialects of England， Wales and Scotland。 Under each word， she lists its particular provenance （whether very specific like “Liverpool” or more generally regional like “the South-West”） and then gives us a few words about the word’s appearances in English literature of centuries past or its etymology。 Interspersed with Susie Dent’s A-Z listings are brief essays by Simon Elmes that give a more detailed view of certain dialects or how different words for various concepts spread through Great Britain。I enjoyed How to Talk like a Local for introducing me to innumerable items I had never heard before， such as “bange” for a drizzle （Essex）， “twirlies” for pensioners （Liverpool）， and “laidly” for hideous or repulsive （Scotland， Northumberland）。 Some of the words mentioned here， like “snaps” from Nottingham， I already knew， but had no idea of their origin， so it was nice to get some history。 The author’s fascination with dialectal diversity is also infectious。 Though she has written this book in a very simple， approachable style， Dent is an accomplished lexicographer at the academic level。 Her survey of dialects is remarkably fair， showing how each regional variety has its own value。 You’ll find no derogatory comments about whatever diverges from the UK’s posher forms of speech。It’s hard to recommend the book too highly， however。 It is essentially just a list of weird words。 Also， as a reader with a knowledge of the International Phonetic Alphabet （which isn’t that hard to pick up）， I was frustrated by Elmes and Dent’s attempt to describe dialect pronunciations solely through letters as they sound in Standard English。 Telling a reader that “student” in a certain dialect is pronounced stoodunt is not very enlightening， but if the authors had just included an IPA transcription like one would find in a modern dictionary， then it would have been clear。 。。。more
jessica
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