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School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics

School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics. The Talk of the Toon. Mystery Words & Objects. Listen to the clips of people talking. Some of their words are missing. Can you work out what they are talking about ? How did you work it out?. DECTE is funded by:.

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School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics

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  1. School of English Literature, Language & Linguistics • The Talk of the Toon Mystery Words & Objects Listen to the clips of people talking.Some of their words are missing. Can you work outwhat they are talking about? How did you work it out? DECTE is funded by: • The Diachronic Electronic Corpus of Tyneside English

  2. The Talk of the Toon Words and Objects What are they talking about? Which of the pictured objects are the people talking about? (left click mouse to play audio and again to reveal answer) ... and we were getting fitted wor and eh we had to gan to schoolwith wor on ... gas masks gas masks

  3. The Talk of the Toon Words and Objects What are they talking about? Which of the pictured objects are the people talking about? (left click mouse to play audio and again to reveal answer) ... some people older than me'll say “ohI'm going for my”, and this is where it stems from, because you went on a Monday with your,and you got what you were supposedto get [...] And I mean, well the sweets were rationed, so you ... youhad for them. rations ration book coupons

  4. The Talk of the Toon Words and Objects What are they talking about? Which of the pictured objects are the people talking about? (left click mouse to play audio and again to reveal answer) ... they were underground. And in the mines, you need and the miners from ... from Newcastle used to use a specific type of . It was a safety actually, todetect gas. lights light light

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