Slang & dialect humour books

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Wyse Words: a Dictionary for the Bewildered

Wyse Words: a Dictionary for the Bewildered

Author: Pascal Wyse ,  Joe Berger
ISBN: 9780550104748
Format: Hardback
$44.75

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Owt, Nowt and Summat!: A Toast to All Tykes

Owt, Nowt and Summat!: A Toast to All Tykes

Author: Len Markham ,  Brian Aldred
ISBN: 9781846741739
Format: Paperback
$18.09

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I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing Idioms From Around the

I'm Not Hanging Noodles on Your Ears and Other Intriguing...

Author: Bhalla Jag
ISBN: 9781426204586
Format: Paperback
$34.19

If you’re already fluent in 10 languages, you probably won’t need this book, but you’ll get a kick out of it anyhow;...  Read More >>

Dirty German: Everyday Slang from 'What's Up?' to 'F*%# Off'

Dirty German: Everyday Slang from 'What's Up?' to 'F*%#...

Author: Daniel Chaffey
ISBN: 9781569756737
Format: Paperback
$26.40

No body speaks in strictly formal address anymore. Not even in Germany, where the common expressioned tossed around...  Read More >>

Terms to Make You Squirm: 200 Words You Shouldn't Use

Terms to Make You Squirm: 200 Words You Shouldn't Use...

Author: Chambers
ISBN: 9780550104755
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Terms to Make You Squirm focuses on those words and phrases that we over- and misuse, words that have become cliches,...  Read More >>

Do Ants Have Assholes?: And 106 of the World’s Other Most Important Questions

Do Ants Have Assholes?: And 106 of the World’s Other...

Author: Jon Butler ,  Bruno Vincent
ISBN: 9781402218187
Format: Paperback
$25.99

Do Ants Have Assholes? is a hilarious, over-the-top parody of bestsellers like Do Men Have Nipples? John Butler...  Read More >>

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English

A Concise Dictionary of Middle English

Author: Anthony Lawson Mayhew ,  Walter William Skeat
ISBN: 9781904808237
Format: Hardback
$105.47

This new edition of Mayhew and Skeat's ""A Concise Dictionary of Middle English"" has been revised and completely...  Read More >>

Smut: Down and Dirty with the Filthiest Words

Smut: Down and Dirty with the Filthiest Words

Author: Jonathon Green ,  Jonathon Green
ISBN: 9780550105240
Format: Paperback
$52.67

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Trabalenguas: Trabalenguas, chistes y mucho mas...

Trabalenguas: Trabalenguas, chistes y mucho mas...

Author: Emilio Mariscal
ISBN: 9798587725850
Format: Paperback
$34.29

Trabalenguas es un libro perteneciente a la editorial Serendipidad,...  Read More >>

More Chinglish

More Chinglish

Author: Radtke,Oliver Lutz
ISBN: 9781423605843
Format: Paperback
$21.09

Offers a fresh look at the unintentional but funny creative misuses of the English language in Chinese street signs,...  Read More >>

The Feckin' Book of Irish History: for anyone who hasn't been paying attention for the last 30,000 years

The Feckin' Book of Irish History: for anyone who hasn't...

Author: Colin Murphy ,  Donal O'Dea
ISBN: 9781847170699
Format: Hardback
$31.02

Forget the boring stuff you learned in school. Here’s the REAL skinny on Irish history.  Read More >>

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Author: Francis Grose ,  Campbell McCutcheon
ISBN: 9781848680623
Format: Paperback
$52.67

Should one eat a 'tandalin tart', or hope to study at 'Wittington's College'? Has an 'athansian wench' spent all...  Read More >>

Kitchen Table Lingo

Kitchen Table Lingo

Author: The English Project
ISBN: 9780753518199
Format: Paperback
$32.99

This collection of hundreds of words from English speakers around the world - complete with space and an invitation...  Read More >>

Addictionary: Brave New Words

Addictionary: Brave New Words

Author: Jim Banister ,  Robert Hanson
ISBN: 9780810972698
Format: Paperback
$34.19

Features neologisms that are organized into categories and illustrated. This volume is suitable for wordsmiths....  Read More >>

The Ultimate Cockney Geezer's Guide to Rhyming Slang

The Ultimate Cockney Geezer's Guide to Rhyming Slang...

Author: Geoff Tibballs
ISBN: 9780091927486
Format: Paperback
$24.99

A guide to cockney rhyming slang. It explains the meaning of hundreds of terms, from old favourites such as apples...  Read More >>

Dirty French: Everyday Slang from 'What's Up?' to 'F*%# Off'

Dirty French: Everyday Slang from 'What's Up?' to 'F*%#...

Author: Adrien Clautrier ,  Henry Rowe
ISBN: 9781569756584
Format: Paperback
$26.40

No body speaks in strictly formal address anymore. Not even in France, where the common expressioned tossed around...  Read More >>

Taak of the Toon: How to Speak Geordie

Taak of the Toon: How to Speak Geordie

Author: Sid Waddell
ISBN: 9780007247820
Format: Paperback
$21.99

Gain an insight into the English language via one of the UK’s richest dialects: Geordie.  Read More >>

The Beaut Little Book of New Zealand Slang

The Beaut Little Book of New Zealand Slang

Author: Harry Orsman ,  Des Hurley
ISBN: 9780143009955
Format: Paperback
$9.99

It's a well-known fact that Kiwis have their own way of talking, and without a guide you can easily come a greaser....  Read More >>

Scottish Wildlife

Scottish Wildlife

Author: Chris Robinson
ISBN: 9781845021955
Format: Paperback
$26.27

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For Focal Sake: A 32 County Guide to Irish Slang

For Focal Sake: A 32 County Guide to Irish Slang

Author: Cian Declan Foley
ISBN: 9780955475528
Format: Paperback
$39.57

A 32 county guide to Irish slang. It features many of Ireland's slangs on a county-by-county basis. It contains...  Read More >>

Scottish Weather

Scottish Weather

Author: Chris Robinson ,  Eileen Finlayson
ISBN: 9781845021948
Format: Paperback
$12.91

Like the Scots language, the Scottish weather is rich in variety, full of lights and shades, drama, romance and...  Read More >>

Wha's Like Us?: Say it in Scots

Wha's Like Us?: Say it in Scots

Author: Chris Robinson
ISBN: 9781845021979
Format: Paperback
$26.27

Chris Robinson explores the Scottish character and uncovers some amazing facts about the Scots and the words we...  Read More >>

Discovering English Dialects

Discovering English Dialects

Author: Martyn Wakelin ,  J.D.A. Widdowson
ISBN: 9780747801764
Format: Paperback
$31.55

Describes the most significant features of English regional dialects, including in its scope the ancient vocabulary...  Read More >>

The Superior Person's Field Guide to Deceitful, Deceptive and Downright Dangerous Language

The Superior Person's Field Guide to Deceitful, Deceptive...

Author: Peter Bowler
ISBN: 9781567923377
Format: Hardback
$44.75

Offers a call for the return to simple, straightforward words that say what they mean and mean what they say. This...  Read More >>

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