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School ofEnglish Literature, Language & Linguistics
The Talk of the Toon
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The Diachronic Electronic Corpus of Tyneside EnglishMystery Words & ObjectsListen 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?See: http://research.ncl.ac.uk/decte/toon/1The Talkof the Toon
Words and Objects... and we were getting fitted wor and eh we had to gan to schoolwith wor on ...gas masksgas masksWhat 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)
Picture Credits: [1] Ration Book Paul Townsend (2010, CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/5211080659/[2] Gas Mask Sarflondondunc (2009, CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarflondondunc/3458761387/[3] Work Boots Kirill Ignatyev (2012, CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/bushman_k/8050752126/[4] Miners Lamp Leo Reynolds (2012, CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/8516808874/2The Talkof the Toon
Words and Objects... 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.rationsration bookcoupons
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)
Picture Credits: [1] Ration Book Paul Townsend (2010, CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/5211080659/[2] Gas Mask Sarflondondunc (2009, CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarflondondunc/3458761387/[3] Work Boots Kirill Ignatyev (2012, CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/bushman_k/8050752126/[4] Miners Lamp Leo Reynolds (2012, CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/8516808874/3The Talkof the Toon
Words and Objects... 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.lightslightlight
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)
Picture Credits: [1] Ration Book Paul Townsend (2010, CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/brizzlebornandbred/5211080659/[2] Gas Mask Sarflondondunc (2009, CC BY-NC-ND), http://www.flickr.com/photos/sarflondondunc/3458761387/[3] Work Boots Kirill Ignatyev (2012, CC BY-NC), http://www.flickr.com/photos/bushman_k/8050752126/[4] Miners Lamp Leo Reynolds (2012, CC BY-NC-SA), http://www.flickr.com/photos/lwr/8516808874/4
