With an afterword by David Crystal & contributions from Philip Pullman, Jilly Cooper, Jeremy Vine & Meera Syal, all life is here. Become part of the Kitchen Table Lingo community & write your words in now!
' Seen the bloke with the bedooftey bum?'
' More testiculating on Newsnight......'
Does it sometimes seem like your family speaks its own language?
Families up & down the UK have their own special vocabularies. Discover tinsellitis sufferers in Tunbridge Wells, elephant users in Edinburgh & chobblers in Cardiff. Whether it's a slip of the tongue that becomes a permanent part of the family vernacular or a word invented when all others fail, Kitchen Table Lingo is part of what makes our language so rich & creative. This collection of hundreds of words from English speakers around the world
- complete with space & an invitation to add your own
- is a wonderfully entertaining celebration of the spoken word & the people who take pleasure in it.
After all, what other language has fifty-seven words for the TV remote control?