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Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages Of Britain

by Susie Dent

2021-01-17 00:41:43

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Did you know that . . . a soldier''s biggest social blunder is calledjack brew- making yourself a cuppa without making one for anyone else? That twitchers have an expression for a bird that can''t be identified -LBJ(the letters stand forLittleBro... Read more

Did you know that . . . a soldier''s biggest social blunder is calledjack brew- making yourself a cuppa without making one for anyone else? That twitchers have an expression for a bird that can''t be identified -LBJ(the letters stand forLittleBrownJob)? Or that builders call plastering the ceilingdoing Lionel Richie''s dancefloor? Susie Dent does.

Ever wondered why football managers all speak the same way, what a cabbie calls the Houses of Parliament, or how ticket inspectors discreetly request back-up? We are surrounded by hundreds of tribes, each speaking their own distinct slanguage of colourful words, jokes and phrases, honed through years of conversations on the battlefield, in A&E, backstage, or at ten-thousand feet in the air.

Susie Dent has spent years interviewing hundreds of professionals, hobbyists and enthusiasts, and the result is an idiosyncratic phrasebook like no other. From the Freemason''s handshake to the publican''s banter,Dent''s Modern Tribestakes us on a whirlwind tour of Britain, decoding its secret languages and, in the process, finds out what really makes us all tick.

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ISBN9781473623897
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Susie Dent
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Susie Dent is a writer and broadcaster, best known for being the regular face of Dictionary Corner on Channel 4 TV's Countdown. Her books include The Language Report (2003-2007) and Words of the Year ...

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