Suffolk dialect

by Louise Maskill

Ever wondered what your grandmother meant when she told you she'd seen a bandy in the pightle or Maybe she told you to be back by crow-time, or else Tom Poker would get you. This book will help you understand the unique and ancient Suffolk dialect and have you speaking like a native in no time. It starts with a dictionary to help you develop an altogether new vocabulary, and you can test yourself with the one-liners and definitions that Louise has selected from a variety of sources. As your confidence grows you can progress to longer tales and anecdotes, all chosen to illustrate different aspects of the delightful Suffolk dialect as spoken by the locals in days gone by. Learn about green children, Suffolk bang and Matthew Hopkins the Witch-Finder General, and develop your skills. This paperback book has 80 pages and 18 x 11 x 0.6cm

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About the author

Louise Maskill lives and works in Derbyshire, UK, surrounded by books, cats and apple trees. She is, among other things, a writer, a reader, an editor, a runner, an historian, a psychologist, a musician, a stitcher and a knitter.

She self-publishes fiction under her own imprint, Hagthorn Press - the latest is her new fantasy novel Cailleach, along with a growing collection of short stories.

She edits other people’s words for a (partial) living, and has written or contributed to fifteen short non-fiction books on local dialect, history and walking for Bradwell Books and Curlew Press.

Reviews

[Sherrie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Even though I have a strong Suffolk accent, and I use dialect peculiar to the county, I came across lots of unknown words in the vocabulary part of this little book. The second part contained lots of facts about Suffolk, the most interesting of which was that the Suffolk dialect is supposedly the oldest in the country!