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Usenet Posted 18 years ago
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British college slang in fiction

Hi,
Any fiction rich in British college/university students' slang, esp Oxbridge (prefer 60s-70s)?
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[/nq] Billy Bunter ? Only joking. In the 60s/ 70s it was, like, yeah, peace, man.

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  • [/nq] Billy Bunter ?
  • Only joking.
  • In the 60s/ 70s it was, like, yeah, peace, man.
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[nq:1]Hi, Any fiction rich in British college/university students' slang, esp Oxbridge (prefer 60s-70s)?[/nq]
Billy Bunter ?
Only joking. In the 60s/ 70s it was, like, yeah, peace, man.
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[nq:1]Any fiction rich in British college/university students' slang, esp Oxbridge (prefer 60s-70s)?[/nq]
I don't remember there being any particular Cambridge slang in the mid sixties. Tom Sharpe's /Porterhouse Blue/ (Secker & Warburg, 1974) is a riotous depiction of the scene, but it doesn't include much student dialogue.

Noel
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[nq:2]Any fiction rich in British college/university students' slang, esp Oxbridge (prefer 60s-70s)?[/nq]
[nq:1]I don't remember there being any particular Cambridge slang in the mid sixties. Tom Sharpe's /Porterhouse Blue/ (Secker & Warburg, 1974) is a riotous depiction of the scene, but it doesn't include much student dialogue.[/nq]
Am reading it right now:-)
You're right on the spot
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