How To Talk Like A Local Av Susie Dent

<p>''<b>Susie Dent is a national treasure'' RICHARD OSMAN</b><br><br><b>''Susie Dent is a one-off. She breathes life and fun into words and language'' PAM AYRES</b><br><b>__________________________________________</b><br><br><b>Would you be bewildered if someone described you as <i>radgy</i>?<br>Do you know how to recognise a <i>tittamatorter</i>?<br>And would you understand if someone called you a <i>culchie</i>?</b><br><br><i>How to Talk Like a Local</i> gathers together hundreds of words from all over the country and digs down to uncover their origins. From <i>dardledumdue</i>, which means daydreamer in East Anglia, through <i>forkin robbins</i>, the Yorkshire term for earwigs, to <i>clemt</i>, a Lancashire word that means hungry, it investigates an astonishingly rich variety of regional expressions, and provides a fascinating insight into the history of the English language.<br><br>If you''re intrigued by colourful words and phrases, if you''re interested in how English is really s