⌕Sayings & local speech
Local sayings and memories of Leicestershire’s mining communities.
About the book
A voice of its own
Diane Davies draws on years spent living and working in Leicestershire, together with recorded local speech, to explore the county’s dialect past and present. Familiar expressions such as “mardy” and “me duck” sit alongside older words and pronunciations gathered from communities across the county.
The book also shows how language is tied to place and history, from rural villages and mining communities to the East Midlands roots of Standard English. Village Voices, local sayings, landmarks and notable Leicestershire people all help tell the story of a dialect that continues to change rather than simply disappear.
Inside the book
