Description
From Absit to Yard of Butter, here are over 500 words,
terms and nicknames defined and explained that are
associated with the University and City of Cambridge,
‘Town’ as well as ‘Gown’. The book is a comprehensive
guide to the sometimes bewildering academic terminology
that has developed over the centuries; to the student slang
of past and present for drinking and sport; and to the range
of cultural festivals open to everybody to enjoy. Here
readers will learn what clunch is; why a May Ball takes
place in June; and why the river has two names, the Cam
and the Granta. Cambridge eccentrics and characters like
Thomas Hobson and Snowy Farr; and learn what
University scientists have contributed to the English
language: scientist itself a Cambridge word.
Details
Publisher - Blue Ocean Publishing
Author(s) - Katie Wales
Paperback
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781907527395
Dimensions - 19.7 x 13.2 x 0.7 cm
Page Count - 121
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