We Are Not Amused: Victorian Views on Pronunciation as Told in the Pages of Punc

Description: We Are Not Amused by David Crystal Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description David Crystal shows how our feelings about pronunciation today have their origins in the way our Victorian predecessors thought about the subject, as revealed in the pages of the satirical magazine, Punch. Richly illustrated, this is a fascinating and highly entertaining insight into our ongoing amusement and prejudice at how we speak. Publisher Description Pronunciation governs our regional and social identity more powerfully than any other aspect of spoken language. No wonder, then, that it has attracted most attention from satirists. In this intriguing book, David Crystal shows how our feelings about pronunciation today have their origins in the way our Victorian predecessors thought about the subject, as revealed in the pages of the satirical magazine, Punch. In the sixty years between its first issue in 1841 and the death of Queen Victoria in 1901, jokes about the fashions affecting English usage provide one of Punchs most fruitful veins of humour, from the dropped aitches of the Cockney accent to the upper-class habit of dropping the final g (huntin and fishin). For We Are Not Amused, David Crystal has examined all the issues during the reign of Queen Victoria and brought together the cartoons and articles that poked fun at the subject of pronunciation, adding a commentary on the context of the times, explaining why people felt so strongly about accents, and identifying which accents were the main source of jokes. The collection brings to light a society where class distinction ruled, and where the way you pronounced a word was seen as a sometimes damning index of who you were and how you should be treated. It is a fascinating, provocative and highly entertaining insight into our on-going amusement at the subject of how we speak. Author Biography David Crystal is a writer, editor, lecturer, and broadcaster on language. His books include The Stories of English (2004), Wordsmiths and Warriors: The English-Language Tourists Guide to Britain (with Hilary Crystal, 2013), The Oxford Dictionary of Original Shakespearean Pronunciation (2016) and The Story of Be: A Verbs-Eye View of the English Language (2017). Details ISBN 1851244786 ISBN-13 9781851244782 Title We Are Not Amused Author David Crystal Format Hardcover Year 2017 Pages 96 Publisher Bodleian Library GE_Item_ID:130819227; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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Book Title: We Are Not Amused : Victorian Views on Pronunciation As Told in the Pages of Punch

Number of Pages: 96 Pages

Language: English

Publisher: Bodleian Library

Publication Year: 2018

Item Height: 0.6 in

Topic: Topic / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional, Europe / Great Britain / Victorian Era (1837-1901), Speech, Linguistics / Historical & Comparative, Topic / Language

Illustrator: Yes

Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines, Humor, History

Item Weight: 12.4 Oz

Item Length: 8.2 in

Author: David Crystal

Item Width: 6.2 in

Format: Hardcover