Wha loight froo yonner winnow braykes
Tis Juliet, innit?
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Draconacticus Reject shampoo. Demand real poo!, Sat 7 Sep 2013, 14:37,
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fucking theatre luvies
(to be read in OP) They be as bad as nonces methinks.
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mr.dogshit The world's premier anthropomorphic canine faeces, Thu 5 Sep 2013, 11:34,
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The beardie fella
is no theatre luvvy. He's a retired Professor of the English Language, and edited the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Language. He knows what he's talking about.
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David Crystal is ace - I bet he'd be great to have an afternoon pint with.
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Pig Bodine., Thu 5 Sep 2013, 11:46,
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^agrees.
Well, not about the pint, but his books are ace, and I like his simple (not simplistic) writing style.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 5 Sep 2013, 12:11,
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What you got against pints?
Pintism in action here :(
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Pig Bodine., Thu 5 Sep 2013, 12:19,
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Tabby obviosuly hates this country
and everything it stands for.
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anything you'd recommend?
Linguistics is an interesting subject but I find someone like Steven Pinker difficult to read, a bit too academic. Is David Crystal easier to digest?
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spesh., Thu 5 Sep 2013, 12:21,
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Haven't read any
since University myself. 'The Story of English in 100 words' is meant to be a decent read though.
If you want to get comprehensive on the history of the English Language in particular, Baugh and Cable's History of English is the standard, but can be a bit dry.
If it's linguistics itself, without having to deal with all the psychology and neuroscience in Pinker, the Oxford Very Short Introduction would be a good place to start
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I'd also recommend Razzle Big Jugs Special
as a key critical text. In my opinion it trumps Pregnant Asian Babes 4 and Baugh and Cable's History of English.
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herd of chickens First part only £1.99 and comes with a free, Thu 5 Sep 2013, 12:38,
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For you?
http://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Language-Works-Meaning-Languages/dp/0141015527/ref=sr_1_6?ie=UTF8&qid=1378380936&sr=8-6&keywords=david+crystal
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 5 Sep 2013, 12:36,
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That might be useful for the next time I see you yes, thanks :)
you're such a git
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spesh., Thu 5 Sep 2013, 12:47,
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You have NO idea.
Mainly 'cos you're not on fb, so haven't seen the pic I posted yesterday aimed at Herbs.
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Tab Hunter Make this useless process end and so, begin again, Thu 5 Sep 2013, 13:24,
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Judging by the number arrested from soap operas
There is a big fucking overlap on the Venn Diagram of both groups
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DinivanX Has stinging piss after drinking Pact Coffee, Thu 5 Sep 2013, 11:40,
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Argh! youtube keeps spazzing out recently on my machine
Starts buffering, stops. Then stops playing only to play the previous 5 seconds of video then starts going again.
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All those over pronounced middle class wankers are out of a job now
Where's Benny from Crossroads when you need him?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPYwr4TY8As
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it's still not very authentic though
for true authenticity they'd have to do it caked in cow shit whilst suffering from leprosy
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that would be the audience
the actors would all have arsenic poisoning from their make-up, relatives dead from plague and war, knob-rot from the theatre-whores, and soreness from being rent-boys on the side.
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very interesting that!
The Globe have been putting on a lot of performances of Shakespeare in forrin recently too.
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spesh., Thu 5 Sep 2013, 12:18,
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