The Secret Life of the English Language: Buttering Parsnips, Twocking Chavs by Martin H. Manser

The Secret Life of the English Language: Buttering Parsnips, Twocking Chavs

Martin H. Manser with David Pickering

272 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
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“Fine words butter no parsnips” is an expression dating back 400 years. Twocking and chav are popular new arrivals in the ever-growing vocabulary of British slang. What do words and phrases like these have in common, and what sets them apart? That...

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