Kitchen Table Lingo by The English Project

Kitchen Table Lingo by The English Project

With an afterword by David Crystal and contributions from Philip Pullman, Jilly Cooper, Jeremy Vine and Meera Syal, all life is here. Become part of the Kitchen Table Lingo community and write your words in now! 'Seen the bloke with the bedooftey bum?' 'More testiculating on Newsnight......' Does it sometimes seem like your family speaks its own language? Families up and down the UK have their own special vocabularies. Discover tinsellitis sufferers in Tunbridge Wells, elephant users in Edinburgh and chobblers in Cardiff. 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, Kitchen Table Lingo is part of what makes our language so rich and creative. This collection of hundreds of words from English speakers around the world - complete with space and an invitation to add your own - is a wonderfully entertaining celebration of the spoken word and the people who take pleasure in it. After all, what other language has fifty-seven words for the TV remote control?

The English Project is a charity based in Winchester with a mission to deepen people's understanding and knowledge of the English language, its history and continuing development.

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ISBN 13	9780753518199
ISBN 10	0753518198
Title	Kitchen Table Lingo
Author	The English Project
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Ebury Publishing
Year published	2008-10-16
Number of pages	224
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