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Has anyone read our own Ska'd's novel yet? Well..........DO!
If you've ever read "Fever Pitch" and liked it, you'll LOVE this. It's not about the Arsenal, or even the Villa, or Dingles - it's about THE ALBION! - and it's in proper Black Country dialect.
I had it for Christmas, started it on Wednesday, and couldn't put it down. I've laughed out loud (and cried out loud) this last few days. Can't recommend it enough! You won't be disappointed. Imperative reading for all Albion fans, and once you've read it tell your friends, and neighbours at The Hawthorns.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Brummie-Road-Ian...971&sr=1-1
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Yes, nearly finished it. Just had to have a break from reading due to Christmas and working silly hours. I am struggling with the dialect but it is gripping.
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(This post was last modified: 06-01-2015, 20:02 by aries22.)
I think Ska'd's book's great. Anyone who's ever read any of Catherine Cookson will know how terrible writing can be when written in local dialect - in Cookson's case, the north-east - but Ska'd's writing is perfectly fine. I'm from the north east, so I know that dialect and accent very well, but I grew up in Wednesbury and West Bromwich, so I know that one too. Cookson mangled her dialogue but Ska'd gets his just right. His book is also a good balance between the Albion and the characters in the story. I'm part way through it and it's a top read in my opinion, and I want the sequel already. Congratulations, Ska'd!
(06-01-2015, 17:47)Amelia Chaffinch Wrote: Yes, nearly finished it. Just had to have a break from reading due to Christmas and working silly hours. I am struggling with the dialect but it is gripping. Ar, but yow ay from the Black Country am ya? O bet yow'm a posh berd. 
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I'm not a reader (I am not a neanderthal either!) but the only time I dedicate to books is long journey's / holidays. I might give this a bash in June/July - thanks for the heads up.
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I'm from Yorkshire, aries. We like to drop our aitches and shorten our sentences with the best of them.
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(07-01-2015, 15:03)Amelia Chaffinch Wrote: I'm from Yorkshire, aries. We like to drop our aitches and shorten our sentences with the best of them.
Yow ay wrung theer, Amy. Ah lived in Leeds fer 16 years. They'm a funny lot, but I much prefair yower accent in 'uddersfeeld.
Incidentally a lot of West Yorkshire folk migrated for work to the booming Black Country in the 19th Century, and we can thank them for adding variance to the BC accent (which is totally different to Brummagem, only a few miles away).
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(07-01-2015, 15:27)talkSAFT Wrote: (07-01-2015, 15:03)Amelia Chaffinch Wrote: I'm from Yorkshire, aries. We like to drop our aitches and shorten our sentences with the best of them.
Yow ay wrung theer, Amy. Ah lived in Leeds fer 16 years. They'm a funny lot, but I much prefair yower accent in 'uddersfeeld.
Incidentally a lot of West Yorkshire folk migrated for work to the booming Black Country in the 19th Century, and we can thank them for adding variance to the BC accent (which is totally different to Brummagem, only a few miles away).
nothing wrong with a bit of Yorkshire talk!! (Wakefield)
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Wakey's just up the road, dev. In fact we have a Wakefield postcode. (Y) You were very unlucky to have lived in Leeds, talkSAFT. You appear to have come through it unscathed!
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(07-01-2015, 18:44)Amelia Chaffinch Wrote: You were very unlucky to have lived in Leeds, talkSAFT. You appear to have come through it unscathed!
That's funny - I do feel 'scathed'!
(I lived on the Leeds/Bradford border at Rawdon, by the Airport. But I only went down Elland Road when the Albion were playing.)
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