| Description |
xiv, 314 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Note |
Originally published: London : HarperPress, 2007. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-291) and indexes. |
| Summary |
Combines personal reflections, historical allusions, and traveler's observations about the author's encounters with language and its users throughout the English-speaking world. |
| Contents |
By hook or by crook : Gaerwen -- Making a beeline : Menai -- We want information : Portmeiron -- Where are you from? : Welshpool -- Good evening, each : Birmingham -- Book-browser syndrome : Hay -- Now Godiva was a lady : Leominster -- The robot's not working : Risbury -- Who was Leonard Slye? : Stratford -- Shall we shog? : Kolkata -- A rash of dermatologists : Arden -- A wheelbarrow called Wilberforce : Lichfield -- How do you like your eggs? : San Francisco -- My husband is without : Łódź -- I'm Jack : Llangollen. |
| Subject |
English language -- Dialects -- Great Britain.
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English language -- Variation -- Great Britain.
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English language -- Great Britain.
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| ISBN |
9781590200612 |
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1590200616 |
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