Idioms and slang (was: English slang (semi- sorta on topic))

[jeffl1965]

No: HPFGUIDX 80478

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Richard" <darkmatter30 at y...> 
wrote:

  <snipped>



> There is a very interesting book that might be worth your time, 
> should you be seriously interested in understanding the dialects 
uses 
> throughout England.  The is _An_Atlas_of_English_Dialects_, by 
Clive 
> Upton and J.D.A. Widdowson.
> 
   <snipped>

>> 
> Richard (who regrettably doesn't have the time for this kind of 
> research, at the moment)


  Jeff:

   Thanks for this info. I'd love to read this. Sadly, slangs have 
changed quite a bit,and some terms aren't as vogue as they used to 
be. Git isn't as PC as it used to be, and prat seems to be used more, 
at least from what I was told by a friend living near London. I dont 
know that I can do all that research either, but I'd like to know 
where things are as well. Hogwarts is in the north, I'd guess, but as 
to where, I can't really say.


  Jeff