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Talking for Britain: A Journey Through the Nation's Dialects by Simon Elmes

Talking for Britain: A Journey Through the Nation's Dialects

Simon Elmes

352 pages first pub 2005 (view editions)

nonfiction informative medium-paced
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Do you say 'gooseberries' or 'goosegogs'? Do you wear 'daps' or 'plimsolls' at the gym? And do you take your 'tranklements' with you when you go to work? From Geordie to Scouse and Estuary English, Britain has a rich dialect tradition, and in 2005...

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