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Slang: A Very Short Introduction by Jonathon Green 9780198729532
RRP: $12.89Booksplease Price: $9.97Slang, however one judges it, shows us at our most human. It is used widely and often, typically associated with the writers of noir fiction, teenagers, and rappers, but also found in the works of... -
Vulgar Tongue: Green's History of Slang by Jonathon Green 9780199398140
RRP: $45.14Booksplease Price: $33.84Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Sounds & Furies: The Love-Hate Relationship between Women and Slang by Jonathon Green
RRP: $21.92Booksplease Price: $4.76'In terms of a non-fiction account of how historical and contemporary language has been shaped by women, I really recommend lexicographer Jonathon Green's Sounds and Furies'ELEY WILIAMS, author of... -
Empty Wigs Jonathan Meades 9781806770045
RRP: $19.34Booksplease Price: $15.78'Go to Empty Wigs for prose that never ceases to dazzle, for an extended holiday from contemporary pieties and to disgrace yourself with laughter' Paul Genders, Literary Review Empty Wigs is a... -
Fabulosa!: The Story of Polari, Britain's Secret Gay Language by Paul Baker
RRP: $16.76Booksplease Price: $12.01Polari is a language that was used chiefly by gay men in the first half of the twentieth century. At a time when being gay could result in criminal prosecution - or worse - Polari offered its... -
You Talkin' To Me?: The Unruly History of New York English by Elyse Graham
RRP: $25.14Booksplease Price: $20.12From paddy wagon to rush hour, New York City has given us a number of our popular words and phrases, along the way fashioning a recognizable dialect all its own. Often imitated and just as often...