How To Talk Like a Local: A Complete Guide to English Dialects
Susie Dent
When it’s cold, are you nithered, taters or perishing? The English language in Britain changes from county to county, with hundreds of local words to discover. Susie Dent’s beguiling guide to these words charts their origins & development.
Susie Dent is the resident word expert in Dictionary Corner on C4's Countdown & 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown, & has been on every programme about words: 15 x 15, Word of Mouth, & More or Less. Susie also writes regularly for the Radio Times, The Week Junior & The I, & her Word of the Day has attracted over 1,000,000 followers on Twitter. She is the author of six editions of The Language Report, an annual guide to the new words & phrases that find their way into the English language.
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Année:
2010
Editeur::
Random House Business Books
Langue:
english
Pages:
224
ISBN 10:
1905211791
ISBN 13:
9781905211791
Fichier:
EPUB, 642 KB
IPFS:
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english, 2010