The Complete Patter
Published on 30. April 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
224 pages
978-1-84158-128-6 (ISBN)
Description
Do you have a baldy clue as to who the Bear and Junglies are? Fancy a day out at Fort Weetabix? Or would you rather settle down with some swedgers? If you want to understand the patter this dictionary will help you with Glaswegian!
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Edinburgh
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Birlinn General
Edition type
New edition
Illustrations
80 b&w drawings
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
210 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84158-128-6 (9781841581286)
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Michael Munro has lived in Glasgow all his life and is the leading authority on the city's unique and expressive dialect. "The Complete Patter," first published in 1986, has become a cult classic and achieved best-seller status. He has worked as a lexicographer with Collins and is now a freelance writer, editor and lexicographer.