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Wollaston author David Wilson has written a book about Northamptonshire dialect. David was born in Higham Ferrers and educated at Wellingborough Grammar School before going on to Leeds University to study English and specialising in Dialectology. During his working life teaching English and
Drama in Wellingborough at the Grammar
School, Westfield Boys’ School and Sir
Christopher Hatton School, his interest and
fascination with dialect continued and
following his retirement in 2000 his thoughts
turned to producing a book on the subject.
His intention and ambition have recently been
realised with the publication of That’ll lern yer
– a dictionary of Northamptonshire dialect.
The book is extremely amusing but at the
same time very true to life, as all who read the
various quotes and phrases will almost certainly recall having heard them at some time in their lives.
The book was launched at a recent event held in Higham Ferrers library and has been very well received. In addition to the entertainment value it is also gratifying to know that all of the profits from the sale will go to Macmillan Cancer Support via the Rotary/Macmillan project. K
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The book is available from most branches of Northamptonshire Libraries priced at £4 (or £5 including postage direct from David Wilson at 15 Lancaster Close, Wollaston NN29 7PD).
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