The Geordie Dictionary
Author | : Scott Dobson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9780859830423 |
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Author | : Scott Dobson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 72 |
Release | : 1974 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9780859830423 |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1979 |
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Author | : Frank Graham |
Publisher | : Butler Publishing |
Total Pages | : 48 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9780946928118 |
Author | : Geordie Ink |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1992-09 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781872010854 |
Author | : Susie Dent |
Publisher | : Random House |
Total Pages | : 167 |
Release | : 2010-03-04 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1409061949 |
'Susie Dent is a national treasure' RICHARD OSMAN 'Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language' PAM AYRES __________________________________________ 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. __________________________________________________ 'Nobody on earth knows more about the English language than Susie Dent and nobody writes about it more entertainingly' GYLES BRANDRETH 'It's an interesting and, at times, hilarious read. One for word-lovers' THE SUN
Author | : Bill Griffiths |
Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
Total Pages | : 602 |
Release | : 2010-07 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1458784843 |
As entertaining as it is informative, this dictionary offers records and explanations of a northern English dialect. The research presents information about words that go back as far as the Anglo-Saxons and Vikings as well as those present in today's vernacular. Ideal for anyone interested in English etymology, this reference is thorough and essential.
Author | : Scott Dobson |
Publisher | : Butler Publishing |
Total Pages | : 32 |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : English language |
ISBN | : 9780946928019 |
Author | : Bo Beolens |
Publisher | : Pelagic Publishing |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2013-04-22 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 1907807446 |
New species of animal and plant are being discovered all the time. When this happens, the new species has to be given a scientific, Latin name in addition to any common, vernacular name. In either case the species may be named after a person, often the discoverer but sometimes an individual they wished to honour or perhaps were staying with at the time the discovery was made. Species names related to a person are ‘eponyms’. Many scientific names are allusive, esoteric and even humorous, so an eponym dictionary is a valuable resource for anyone, amateur or professional, who wants to decipher the meaning and glimpse the history of a species name. Sometimes a name refers not to a person but to a fictional character or mythological figure. The Forest Stubfoot Toad Atelopus farci is named after the FARC, a Colombian guerrilla army who found refuge in the toad’s habitat and thereby, it is claimed, protected it. Hoipollo's Bubble-nest Frog Pseudophilautus hoipolloi was named after the Greek for ‘the many’, but someone assumed the reference was to a Dr Hoipollo. Meanwhile, the man who has everything will never refuse an eponym: Sting's Treefrog Dendropsophus stingi is named after the rock musician, in honour of his ‘commitment and efforts to save the rainforest’. Following the success of their Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles, the authors have joined forces to give amphibians a similar treatment. They have tracked down 1,609 honoured individuals and composed for each a brief, pithy biography. In some cases these are a reminder of the courage of scientists whose dedicated research in remote locations exposed them to disease and even violent death. The eponym ensures that their memory will survive, aided by reference works such as this highly readable dictionary. Altogether 2,668 amphibians are listed.
Author | : Geordie Telfer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2010-03 |
Genre | : Humor |
ISBN | : 9781894864855 |
More than one long joke about "Oot and aboot," this book details how those in Canada speak more than just English or French. We have a vocabulary--and a number of dialects--all our own. So, sit on the chesterfield with a box of timbits and read this tongue-in-cheek take on Canada's unofficial language.
Author | : Bill Griffiths |
Publisher | : McNidder & Grace |
Total Pages | : 339 |
Release | : 2024-06-27 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 085716273X |
Pitmaticbrings together a wonderful regional pit language – its words, jokes and stories that are fast disappearing from our culture. This book helps attest to the remarkable vitality of the region's dialect and the inventiveness and humour of its speakers. The last major mine in the North East region closed in 2005 and with it went a way of life. Through dialect words, humour, stories and songs Pitmatic will help you to understand the everyday lives and work of miners. Miners who provided fuel, helped sustain an economy, consolidated communities and created a unique and rich regional culture. This book is a joyous celebration of the history of the North East bringing together the words spoken by miners and their families and how they related to the wider languages of the world. The late Bill Griffiths (1948–2007)was an extraordinary writer and poet: radical, experimental and scholarly, but also had a great sense of humour. He was a wonderful champion of the North East, its people and heritage. Born in Middlesex, he read history before graduating in 1969. Bill ran his own independent press and published political pamphlets and essays on the arts and poetry. After gaining a PhD in Old English he fled London and settled in Seaham where he embraced the northern way of life. 'He was also a scholar of Old English and dialect who know how to make his work accessible. Private and uncompetitive, he was at least these things: poet, archivist, scholar, translator, prison-rights campaigner, pianist, historian, curator, performer, editor, short-story writer, essayist, teacher, book-maker and lyricist... The Saturday before he died, Bill discharged himself from hospital to host the Dialect Day at the Morden Tower in Newcastle upon Tyne. He died as he lived: cataloguing, awarding Best Dialect prizes, opera on his radio, the poetry paramount.' Obituary, The Independent, 20 September 2007.