Lonely Planet: British Language and Culture
We're chuffed to bits to present this tour of Ole Blighty's lingo. It's the dog's bollocks! Try it out on the lads down your local, have a few pints, and don't worry about sounding naff - if it all goes pear-shaped, wait for the sound of 'Oh, bless!' as they pat you on the back and buy you another bevvie.\ -Features special sections on Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, and Scots (Lallans).\ -Lonely Planet's English Language & Culture series gets behind the scenes of languages you thought you...
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We're chuffed to bits to present this tour of Ole Blighty's lingo. It's the dog's bollocks! Try it out on the lads down your local, have a few pints, and don't worry about sounding naff - if it all goes pear-shaped, wait for the sound of 'Oh, bless!' as they pat you on the back and buy you another bevvie.-Features special sections on Scottish, Welsh, Cornish, and Scots (Lallans). -Lonely Planet's English Language & Culture series gets behind the scenes of languages you thought you knew. -Get into the culture and humour behind common - and not so common - English expressions and learn about the local languages that inspired them.
Short History 7Beginnings 8Recent history 14Features of English 16Speaking British English 23Pronunciation 23Grammar 25Phrasing 28Body language 29Greetings 30Etiquette 31Weather 35Lifestyle & society 37Home 37Family 42Education 44Work 47Love & dating 50Politics & government 51Town & country 55Travel & transport 61Driving 61Public transport 65Holidaying 68Food & drink 69Eating 70Typical British food 72Drinks & drinking 82Sport 89Football 89Cricket 94Rugby union 97Rugby league 100Other sports, games & hobbies 101Entertainment 105Theatre & cinema 105Radio & TV 107Music & clubs 109Festivals 114Shopping 116Slang 123Everyday slang 124Street talk 134Swearwords & obscenities 139Misunderstandings 145Confusing terms 145Miscellaneous words & expressions 150Regional variations 159What's a dialect? 160Britain's linguistic regions 162Bidialectal bliss 163London & the Southeast 163Southwest England 170West Midlands 174East Midlands & Yorkshire 179Northeast England 182Wales 191Scotland 196Regional languages 203Welsh 203Scottish Gaelic 217Cornish 232Scot (Lallans) 234Wordfinder 235Index 253
\ From the PublisherThis pocket-sized book plunges right into the meaning of scores of colorful but baffling expressions one encounters in British English...' —Chicago Tribune, August 5, 2007\ \
