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UK Slang, Round 2 – Join Me!

By Brad Shorr | Published: January 8, 2009
Image by SBishop via FlickrDanny Wallace’s book Yes Man is full of UK slang expressions which readers were generous enough to help me decipher. Now that I’ve finished Danny’s earlier book, Join Me!, I’ve got several more expressions to add to my list. Here they are, with my best guess as to their meaning. (By… [...]
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UK Readers, Please Help Me Understand

By Brad Shorr | Published: December 18, 2008
Image via WikipediaOne I love about the UK is their wonderfully expressive version of the English language. (It is the original version, after all!). Say YES! to Yes Man After reading Danny Wallace’s fabulous and funny Yes Man, a young Londoner’s story of what happened after he decided to say YES! to everything, I have… [...]
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