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THE YORKSHIRE MEANING OF LIFF
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| By: |
Joe Moorwood, John Lloyd (Foreword) |
| Format: |
Paperback |
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£5.99 |
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£4.37 |
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£1.62 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0957639988 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780957639980 |
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| Publisher: |
GREAT NORTHERN BOOKS LTD |
| Pub. date: |
18 October, 2013 |
| Pages: |
128 |
| Description: |
Suitable for those who are curious about things for which no words exist, and have a mild interest in random Yorkshire villages with quirky names, this dictionary of toponymy and etymology features some of the obscurely wonderful, often unheard of and wastefully under-used place names of this county. |
| Synopsis: |
This is the Yorkshire edition of the humorous dictionary of toponymy and etymology, created by Douglas Adams and John Lloyd. If you opened this book expecting to find a variety of quaint thee and thy-based colloquialisms with the odd "ee-by-gum" and "tha'll be reet" thrown in for good measure, you may be a little disappointed...However, if you picked up this book because you're curious about things for which no words exist, and have a mild interest in random Yorkshire villages with quirky names - then you're in luck! The Yorkshire Meaning of Liff twins some of the obscurely wonderful, often unheard of and wastefully under-used place names of this glorious county, with the numerous experiences, feelings, situations and objects which we all know but, for some reason, have no words attributed to them. In no time at all you could be waxing lyrical about your most recent denaby main; empathising with friends who have also suffered a grimston, or expressing a whiston acquired during a state of galphay... |
| Illustrations: |
Illustrations |
| Publication: |
UK |
| Imprint: |
Great Northern Books Ltd |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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