We Are Not Amused: Victorian Views on Pronunciation as Told in the Pages of Punch
Author:   David Crystal
Publisher:   Bodleian Library
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9781851244782


Pages:   96
Publication Date:   13 October 2017
Format:   Hardback
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We Are Not Amused: Victorian Views on Pronunciation as Told in the Pages of Punch


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David Crystal shows how our feelings about pronunciation today have their origins in the way our Victorian predecessors thought about the subject, as revealed in the pages of the satirical magazine, 'Punch'. Richly illustrated, this is a fascinating and highly entertaining insight into our ongoing amusement and prejudice at how we speak.

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Author:   David Crystal
Publisher:   Bodleian Library
Imprint:   Bodleian Library
Weight:   0.352kg
ISBN:  

9781851244782


ISBN 10:   1851244786
Pages:   96
Publication Date:   13 October 2017
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order   Availability explained
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Contents Introduction Mr Punch tries to help Why then? Elocution Walker Provincial peculiarities Poor letter H - upstairs and downstairs Going too far The demand for elocution Spelling out H Spelling bees Cockney vowels Keb, sir? Vowel washing Ambiguities Posh pronunciation Personal intewest Scots pronunciation The wh- problem Dr Johnson on the Scots accent Inoffensive Boswell Pronouncing place-names Underground pronunciations Law and Lindley Murray Pronouncing surnames Actors' pronunciation American pronunciation Taking Cockney seriously? Leaving Walker behind Picture Credits

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Author Website:   http://www.davidcrystal.com

David Crystal is a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster on language. His books include The Stories of English (2004), Wordsmiths and Warriors: The English-Language Tourist's Guide to Britain (with Hilary Crystal, 2013), The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation (2016) and The Story of Be: A Verb's-Eye View of the English Language (2017).

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Author Website:   http://www.davidcrystal.com

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