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Forget the boring stuff you learned in school. Heres the REAL skinny on Irish history.

(Paperback)

A chirpy little A to Z pocket book of choice Australian slang words and expressions. Everyday Aussie speech is peppered with words and phrases whose arcane meanings are understood only by the initiated, and this book sets out to demystify these colourful colloquialisms for both local and overseas readers.

(Paperback)

This dictionary brings together a colourful collection of colloquialisms from Down Under, including humorous rhyming slang, inventive insults and comical curses. Celebrating a distinctive and often irreverent language, Australian Slang is a ripper of a read that will delight visitors from OS, as well as true-blue Aussie blokes and sheilas.

(Paperback, 3rd edition)

This book describes the origins and usage of words ranging from Anzac to mulga, from kangaroo to sool. In covering the terrain from Georgian convict slang to contemporary Australian idioms the author describes the way we talk about food, sport, plants, animals, men, women and children.

(Paperback, 2nd New edition)

(Hardback)

Get started learning strine, the unique language of s'traya, with this handy guide. You're a bee's dick away from becoming a cheeky little possum.

(Hardback)

This pocket glossary is intended for quick and easy reference; it's a portable cockney kit.

(Hardback)

From 'Howay, man!' to 'Haddaway!' become fluent in Geordie.

This compact, handy book will help you to understand the English of the northeast.

(Hardback)

A charming introduction to the variety and richness of the English spoken in Ireland, giving both English-Irish and Irish-English glossaries.

(Hardback)

A concise and entertaining guide to England's Scouse dialect, spoken in Liverpool and surrounding areas.

(Hardback)

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This reference book provides concise definitions of the contemporary meaning of each eponym or allusion, followed by a detailed explanation of the events that gave rise to it. More than 600 entries encompass allusions and eponyms from all eras of history.

(Paperback)

A meticulously researched, highly entertaining, idiosyncratic look at the how, why and what of bad language around the world.

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(Hardback)

Spanglish-a hybrid of Spanish and English-is intricately interwoven with the history and culture of Latinos, the largest and fastest-growing minority group in the United States.

(Paperback)

Tracing the history of swearing from ancient Anglo-Saxon traditions and those of the Middle Ages, through Shakespeare, the Enlightenment and the Victorians, to the Lady Chatterley trial and various current trends, this book discusses various contemporary developments, such as the growth of Political Correctness.

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As much a travel book as a linguistic study, this book goes beyond grammar and vocabulary; more importantly, this book is about the people of the world.

On his travels Abley encounters bloggers, translators, novelists, therapists, dictionary makers, hip-hop performers and web-savvy teenagers.

(Paperback)

A barbed rebuttal to the conservative view that popular culture is destroying the English language.

(Paperback)

This wonderful follow up o the best selling Lost for Words continues its humorous and nostalgic trip through our language.

(Paperback)

A resource book to help develop essential literacy skills in students with special learning needs. Each book contains four units, each starting with a story and followed by photocopiable worksheets.

(Paperback)

A resource book to help develop essential literacy skills in students with special learning needs. Each book contains four units, each starting with a story and followed by photocopiable worksheets.

(Paperback)

Following his bestselling Lost for Words, the ever-popular John Humphrys takes a provocative look at the hidden attitudes that lie behind so many of our current phrases and expressions.

(Paperback)

From Today programme presenter and national treasure John Humphrys, the bestselling cry in book form for better English and an expos of the political uses and abuses of language.

(Hardback)