Slang & dialect humour
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Slang & dialect humour
Paperback. Describes the most significant features of English regional dialects, including in its scope the ancient vocabulary of the North, enriched by borrowings from medieval Norsemen, the important north/north midland dialect boundary, old forms of nouns like housen and childer and the remaining traces of extinct Cornish. Series: Shire Discovering. Num Pages: 64 pages, 6ill.10M. BIC Classification: 2AB; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 115 x 4. Weight in Grams: 94. New.
- Publisher
- Shire Publications
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 4th ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780747801764
- ISBN
- 9780747801764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.59
€ 7.59
Paperback. A scourge of illiteracy and a thorn in the side of pretension, the author provides advice about the linguistic blunders that lie in wait for us, from danglers and four-letter words to jargon and even Welsh rarebit. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: CBG; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 195 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141194318
- ISBN
- 9780141194318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.09
€ 13.99
€ 11.09
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWT; 2AB; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 110 x 15. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Bradwell Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910551011
- ISBN
- 9781910551011
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.44
€ 7.44
Paperback. This essential phrasebook collects the most colorful, explicit, and outrageous ways to tell people off in every part of the world. Featuring dozens of different languages, the sayings range from everyday swears to family curses to expressions for X-rated relations with animals. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 178 x 9. Weight in Grams: 162. 128 pages, illustrations. This essential phrasebook collects the most colorful, explicit, and outrageous ways to tell people off in every part of the world. Featuring dozens of different languages, the sayings range from everyday swears to family curses to expressions for X-rated relations with animals. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WHL. Dimension: 141 x 178 x 9. Weight: 162.
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452110875
- ISBN
- 9781452110875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.45
€ 13.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. Families up and down the UK have their own special vocabularies. Whether it's a slip of the tongue that becomes a permanent part of the family vernacular or a word invented when all others fail, this title presents a collection of more than hundred words from English speakers around the world. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBD; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 216. Some light shelf wear else as new.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Virgin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- SKU
- KTG0007675
- ISBN
- 9780753518199
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 15.99€ 6.23
€ 15.99
€ 6.23
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Snake River Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906022150
- ISBN
- 9781906022150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Hardcover. A collection of the most intriguing, amusing, and humorous native expressions used everyday around the Arab world Illustrator(s): MacMullen, Doriana. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2CSR; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- The American University in Cairo Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774166792
- ISBN
- 9789774166792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.36
€ 28.36
Paperback. Series: Lern Yerself Scouse S. Num Pages: 84 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKENL; WHL; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 64.
- Publisher
- Scouse Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 84
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1966
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780901367013
- ISBN
- 9780901367013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.39
€ 7.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWD; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 180 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Bradwell Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909914001
- ISBN
- 9781909914001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.44
€ 7.44
Paperback. Rap music is famous for its double entendres and clever turns of phrase, until now no one has collected rap lyrics into an organised compendium. Enter UNDERSTAND RAP, a funny reference book based on a website of the same name, which explains the confusing terms and lyrics used in rap songs in a language even the most un-hip person can understand Num Pages: 192 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 191 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Abrams
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KI20003231
- ISBN
- 9780810989214
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906307301
- ISBN
- 9781906307301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. Updated fourth edition of the hugely popular Dictionary of Bristle published in 2013 to celebrate the book's 10th anniversary. Editor(s): Jones, Richard. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 161 x 12. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Publisher
- Tangent Books
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 4th Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906477851
- ISBN
- 9781906477851
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.33
€ 9.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 110 x 9. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Ulysses Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781569755655
- ISBN
- 9781569755655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 141 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Gibbs M. Smith Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781423642336
- ISBN
- 9781423642336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.09
€ 11.99
€ 10.09
Paperback. Like the Scots language, the Scottish weather is rich in variety, full of lights and shades, drama, romance and beauty. This title helps to find out the meanings of smirr, dreich, moor and other Scots words for rain, snow, wind, sun, the forecast, the seasons and weather lore. Series: Say it in Scots!. Num Pages: 128 pages, b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 110 x 15. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Publisher
- Black & White Pub Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845021948
- ISBN
- 9781845021948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 6.99€ 6.93
€ 6.99
€ 6.93
Paperback. A hilarious, outrageous Belfast parody of E.L. James's bestselling novel 50 Shades of Grey. Series: Maggie Muff Trilogy. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: FA; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 92.
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Belfast
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780856409059
- ISBN
- 9780856409059
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.99€ 7.78
€ 7.99
€ 7.78
Hardcover. Taking a humorous, nostalgic approach, Ronan Moore provides witty guide to all things distinctly Irish from weddings to wakes and everything in between that will leave you laughing all the way to the bog. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; JFC; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 176 x 27. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Publisher
- Gill & MacMillan, Limited
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780717168200
- ISBN
- 9780717168200
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.92
€ 12.99
€ 11.92
Hardcover. This compact volume is a fresh and accessible guide to the best fun and excitement Ireland has to offer. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 2AFR; JFC; WHL; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360. This compact volume is a fresh and accessible guide to the best fun and excitement Ireland has to offer. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 2AFR; JFC; WHL; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780717170210
- ISBN
- 9780717170210
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.60
€ 7.60
Paperback. Includes subjects from clothes (claes) to feelings through food and drink, socialising and that favourite Scottish topic - the weather. This work is an illustrated mini Scots/English thesaurus. It is approved by experts at the Scots Language Resource Centre. Num Pages: 96 pages, col. ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; CBF; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 106 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905222599
- ISBN
- 9781905222599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 7.92
€ 8.99
€ 7.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBD; WHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Republic of Texas Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781556221750
- ISBN
- 9781556221750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.96
€ 14.99
€ 14.96