All Fur Coat And No Knickers - Sidebotham, Pat and Tom
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The authors, originally from the English Midlands and now settled in New Zealand, have allowed half-remembered phrases to find their way onto the printed page for the enjoyment of all. Accompanied by 'translations' in modern speech, they've presented the reader with a dip-in kaleidoscope of the way we speak for generations still to come. Charming, homely and heart-warming, it's the sort of book to curl up with and recall how we are, how we used to be, and the sheer silliness of why we opened our mouths in the first place. This book is never going to end. So have a smile, or a tear, at the…mehr

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The authors, originally from the English Midlands and now settled in New Zealand, have allowed half-remembered phrases to find their way onto the printed page for the enjoyment of all. Accompanied by 'translations' in modern speech, they've presented the reader with a dip-in kaleidoscope of the way we speak for generations still to come. Charming, homely and heart-warming, it's the sort of book to curl up with and recall how we are, how we used to be, and the sheer silliness of why we opened our mouths in the first place. This book is never going to end. So have a smile, or a tear, at the Britain that used to be or we thought we knew, as one remembers the past.
Autorenporträt
Pat Sidebotham is the mother of three children. Once a secretary to a Christian organisation in New Zealand, she later worked as the supervisor of the after-school care at a private school in Christchurch. Pat then had the joy of working with children for 23 years at another private school. Tom Sidebotham is a mathematician and has been a maths teacher in Britain and New Zealand all his working life. He is a published author of The A to Z of Mathematics: A Basic Guide which was published by Wiley in New York. Also, he has published numerous maths textbooks for New Zealand schools with ESA in Auckland.