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Re: British college slang in fiction

by SteveS <steve_NOSPAM@[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Apr 16, 2008 at 05:39 AM

Ildhund wrote:

>>Any fiction rich in British college/university students' slang, esp 
>>Oxbridge (prefer 60s-70s)?
> 
> 
> I don't remember there being any particular Cambridge slang in the mid 
> sixties. Tom Sharpe's /****terhouse Blue/ (Secker & Warburg, 1974) is a 
> riotous depiction of the scene, but it doesn't include much student 
> dialogue.

Am reading it right now:-)

You're right on the spot.

OK, let's retarget: do you know any books from the 60s to the present 
with rich student dialogue? The more slangy (BrE) the better:-)

Thanks.
 




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SteveS <steve_nospam@[  2008-04-14 17:38:44 
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sprocket <jas@[EMAIL P  2008-04-15 08:09:12 
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"Ildhund" <j  2008-04-15 15:04:40 
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