Description
| Product ID: | 9780007247820 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Taak of the Toon |
| Subtitle: | How to Speak Geordie |
| Authors: | Author: Sid Waddell |
| Page Count: | 192 |
| Subjects: | Humour, Humour, North & North East England, English |
| Description: | Gain an insight into the English language via one of the UK’s richest dialects: Geordie. Gain an insight into the English language via one of the UK’s richest dialects: Geordie.From George Stephenson to The Animals to Viz, the North East has long had a successful creative culture, developing alongside its industrial history.Newcastle in particular has successfully reinvented itself as a centre of the arts, while still maintaining its own regional identity. This book is the definitive guide to the most distinctive element of that identity: the Geordie dialect.This book is a must for anyone with even a passing interest in the language of the North East, and also provides a thorough examination of the general state of English, from the traditional wit and wisdom of the Geordie perspective. |
| Imprint Name: | Collins |
| Publisher Name: | HarperCollins Publishers |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2008-06-02 |
