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Nigel Rees presents a hilarious, & sometimes rude, but always nostalgic guide to domestic catchphrases
- including the familiar & the not so familiar.
Following his hugely popular survey of individual family sayings, As We Say in Our House, Rees returns with a closer look at domestic catchphrases in general.
" More Tea Vicar?" is a fascinating examination of those familiar phrases that we tend to trot out unthinkingly as a way of dealing with lifes little difficulties & embarrassments.
As well as presenting examples of usage contributed by thousands of listeners to his radio programme, Nigel Rees attempts to explain how & from where these colourful sayings have become the off-the-peg language of countless households.
Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781905400744
• Author: Nigel Rees
• Publisher: The National Trust
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 272
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 3cm