Author: David JandrellPublisher: Ylolfa
ISBN: 9780862437367
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 80
Book Description
A light-hearted guide to the particular brand of English spoken in the Valleys.
Author: Ken SmithWelsh Valleys Phrasebook - Get by in Valleys-Speak! (Counterpacks)
Author: David JandrellPublisher:
ISBN: 9781784614577
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
A counterpack of 12 copies of Welsh Valleys Phrasebook by David Jandrell. A humorous guide to and phrasebook of Valleys-speak, the non-standard English used in South Wales in everyday conversation. A hugely entertaining book, affectionately poking fun at the grammar, slang terms and culture of the Welsh Valleys.
Welsh Jokes
Author: Hugh MorrisonPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781511612241
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
American tourist: Say buddy, what's the name of this place?Local man: Rhosllanerchrugog.American tourist: Gee, how do you spell that?Local man: Just the way it sounds. Packed with good-natured clean jokes about Wales and the Welsh, this little book will have you in stitches with gags about Welsh culture and customs: male voice choirs, confused English tourists, eisteddfods and odd place names.Whether you're Welsh or just visiting, you'll have loads of fun with this little book of wonderful Welsh wit.
How Green Was My Valley
Author: Richard LlewellynPublisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1439164932
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 514
Book Description
"How Green Was My Valley" is Richard Llewellyn's bestselling -- and timeless -- classic and the basis of a beloved film. As Huw Morgan is about to leave home forever, he reminisces about the golden days of his youth when South Wales still prospered, when coal dust had not yet blackened the valley. Drawn simply and lovingly, with a crisp Welsh humor, Llewellyn's characters fight, love, laugh and cry, creating an indelible portrait of a people.
Wenglish
Author: Robert LewisPublisher:
ISBN: 9781784612764
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 330
Book Description
An updated version of the practical guide to Wenglish, the distinctive dialect of the south Wales valleys - as spoken by Chris Needs. Includes history, social and geographical context, grammar, alphabetical glossary and exercises. Previous edition - 9781847710307.
Rape of the Fair Country
Author: Alexander CordellPublisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1473603587
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
The first volume in Alexander Cordell's classic trilogy of mid-nineteenth century Wales. Set in the grim valleys of the Welsh iron country during the turbulent times of the Industrial Revolution, this unforgettable novel begins the saga of the Mortymer family - a family of hard men and beautiful women, all forced into a bitter struggle with their harsh environment, as they slave and starve for the cruel English ironmasters. But adversity could never still the free spirit of Wales, or quiet its soaring voice, and the Mortymers struggle on even as the iron foundries ravish their homeland and cripple their people. Rape of the Fair Country launched the bestselling career of Alexander Cordell in 1959 and went on to sell millions of copies in seventeen languages throughout the world.
Addlands
Author: Tom BulloughPublisher:
ISBN: 0812998723
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
A complex family with a tortured secret, the Hamers live on a large homestead in Radnorshire, Wales. Idris, the unbending patriarch and tyrant of the family, is a man suspicious of any change. Etty, his indomitable wife, is a woman born into a world unequipped to deal with her. Oliver, their only son, is a junior boxing champion turned hellraising local legend. A novel concerned both with the huge changes of 20th-century rural life, and that life in its eternal details.
Author: Ian Ashton
Author: MIKE. CHARLES JENKINS (ERIC NGALLE. GLYN, IFOR AP.)