Britslang- [Hardcover]

By: Ray Puxley

Language: English

Quality: Like New

Genre: Dictionary,

ISBN: 97006326

SKU: BE501632937209

Pages: 547

Description: Slang is an integral part of the English language and has been so for the best part of 200 years. The most popular belief is that it began as a secret language of the underworld, formed to confused the peelers and the casual eavesdropper. The truth is that although the origins of slang are confused, it is part and parcel of our way of speaking, with new words added every year. Do you remember a time before dot coms and the net? Have you ever bunked off, or told a porky pie? If you have, then you'll know that this country has a whole other language, a perverted English that is so commonly used that many of us forget that we are already proficient.