Dent's Modern Tribes: The Secret Languages of Britain | Susie Dent | Talks at Google
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- We were delighted to welcome to Google, from Countdown’s Dictionary Corner, author and columnist Susie Dent. Susie’s new book delves into the linguistic minefields that populate the British language, delving into the slang and phrases that each of its many tribes use.
Susie Dent has spent years interviewing hundreds of professionals, hobbyists and enthusiasts; the result is an idiosyncratic phrasebook like no other. From the Freemason's handshake to the publican's banter, Dent's Modern Tribes takes us on a whirlwind tour of Britain, revealing its secret languages and finding out in the process what really makes us tick.
About the Book
Have you ever wondered why football managers all speak the same way, what a cabbie calls the Houses of Parliament, or how ticket inspectors discreetly request back-up? We are surrounded by hundreds of tribes, each speaking their own distinct 'slanguage' of colourful words, jokes and phrases, honed through years of conversations on the battlefield, in A&E, backstage, or at ten-thousand feet in the air. Here, at last, is a witty guide through the linguistic minefields that confront us all.
Susie Dent has spent years interviewing hundreds of professionals, hobbyists and enthusiasts; the result is an idiosyncratic phrasebook like no other. From the Freemason's handshake to the publican's banter, Dent's Modern Tribes takes us on a whirlwind tour of Britain, revealing its secret languages and finding out in the process what really makes us tick.
About Susie Dent
Susie Dent is the resident word expert in Dictionary Corner on C4's Countdown and 8 Out of 10 Cats Does Countdown. She comments regularly on TV and radio on words in the news, and has contributed to Woman's Hour, 15 x 15, Word of Mouth, More or Less, Today, BBC Breakfast, and R4's Wordaholics. Susie is the author of several books, and has weekly columns in both the Radio Times and the website Mental Floss.
Follow her on Twitter @susie_dent
One of my grandfather's (1905-1993)favorite sayings was: "For the time being" and as kids we were curious about this ''Time Bean'' and what was its relationship to our activities? It was further explained in an angry tone that ''We have to wait for the 'Time Bean',''
This Bean was almost always, in our little minds LATE! And it was invisible.
Like Linus' Great Pumpkin, the Time Bean would come and go and we never actually saw it.
You guys let me know if you've ever seen it, don't leave me hangin!😉
Talking to Google about eavesdropping - the irony!
😂😂😂 too funny
I like how you put a sheet of paper over the apple logo. You should have written "SHAME" on it as well :)
Is it possible for me to adore SD any more than I already do?! Legend. 🙏🏻
Wait, wait, what? The remarkable Susie Dent, whom I have watched for ages on Cats Does Countdown did a Talk at Google? As a computer scientist who loves British panel shows and is quite interested in languages...... This hits home
Dent is awesome. This was a fun one.
finfan7
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Why did google not provide a glass of water? It was quite obvious that she needed one from about 20 mins into her great presentation.
Because Google only trades in personal information... they don't do water!
Its great to see someone give a talk without using whiteboards, and especaily Powerpoint. She appears also not to use an autocue.
This is fascinating and quite soporific. Jimmy is right. I can totally see the city that never sleeps nodding off when Susie visits.
Great talk. Very interesting to hear about the different words and phrases people use. Susie is delightful as always. Thanks for filming this.
Let's cover up the Apple sign, Pahahaha.
Love, thanks many times for this gift.
The irony of asking Google if they were aware that "eavesdroppers are everywhere".
Good to see that Susie is keeping herself busy in between Countdown and Cats...
And thankfully, not visiting any glory holes.
Thankfully? Oh no not thankfully wouldn’t ya like to have that on the other side 😂
Don't forget the dogging
That comment derailed the whole panel! She has all the words and was left speechless 😂
I have long known the term "camper" as it pertains to the restaurant world, but I've only recently learned of its meaning in the world of online video games. Much of the tribal speak of this world tends to be derogatory, such as the aforementioned "camper". That is a term for someone who sits in one spot, waiting for enemy players to come around the corner. Groups may have a policy of no "squeakers" (young children, particularly those who tend to talk a lot). Solo players wanting to join a team activity may try an "LFG" (Looking For Group) post on a website, and then complain about having to play with "randos" (random, unfamiliar players). They get annoyed when someone is "AFK" (Away From Keyboard"). Most interestingly, though: Everyone is either a "scrub" (a player perceived to be unskilled, a/k/a anyone you feel isn't as good as you), or a "sweat" (someone with no life who does nothing but play the game, a/k/a anyone better than you). Playing video games can be frustrating when you are losing, so I suppose that it isn't surprising that so much of the tribal speak in that community serves as an outlet for that frustration.
very weird hearing Susie get introduce without a sexual joke in there.
Well needed.
I wonder what laptop she's using
its quite brilliant to have such a relaxing but interesting talk
Oh how I wish I'd attended a Catholic convent when the gorgeous Susie was there. ❤
I would like to quote a favorite "eaves-dropping" from the BBC radio 4 program "Quote - Unquote" where each episode was concluded with a panelist quoting an interesting thing that they had overheard. The one that sticks in the memory was overheard on a bus where a lady said to her companion "Oh, he said, its "oh" is it? - yes he said "It is Oh!""
Apparently, the more refined train spotter refers to themselves as a Ferroequinologist.
I have always understood secret languages in a tribe to be called a "Term of Art".
As a Police Officer we used DRT, "When I got here that guy was DRT" (Dead Right There).
Isn't she a pure gold?!
no gold but carbon yes
I simply love this sort of thing, from Susie Dent!
God, she's gorgeous! but, her brain is equally gorgeous!!!
I love Susie
tnetennba
Could you use it in a sentence, please?
Good morning, that's a nice tnetennba
LOL
Pedalstool.
A damp squid
I see you're done drinking your milk.
writing loads of notes you just can't chuck out, I get that too!
My favourite when I was young: my dad would often say "You'll put y'ears on me... I couldn't understand how he'd get my ears on him - and for what purpose"
I really enjoyed this talk. It did make me think about some of the tribal language I have used over the years. The only one I could think of was "There we are then" as an acronym for an awkward or particularly unpleasant customer.
Very interesting, well worth a look
Instead of "camper" in the restuarant biz,we used to say "Rodger the Lodger"!
Hi again. I'm part of the skydiving tribe but also an Engineer, tool maker. "Rack of the eye" measuring thing with the eye.
Just a quick point - there is no 'British language'. In Scotland alone, we have Scots, Gaelic, English languages and also Nordic influences. I will watch it through to see if they feature!
The Second Doctor used to say "Oh my giddy aunt." Consequently, I've also heard Bill Bailey use it an passing in concert.
This is still used an awful lot in where I live in Leicestershire. I have no idea about why or where it came from.
Very interesting. Thank you, Susie.
Absolutely beautiful ;)
I love her!
I think I lover her.
I *KNOW* I do. If we were traveling in a car, there's no way I could drive and get us to our destination safely. I was on the interstate here in the states listening to her on audiobook. A few hours passed and I realized I was 30+ miles past my exit. Fortunately this was in IL farm country - flat 'n straight.
"unscrabble" the letters, nice!
I thought a snotter was a line to hang the lug sail on the mast .
Who knew ?
In Scotland and maybe elsewhere, train crew refer to passengers as punters. Riding a train in the UK is a bit of a gamble after all. Messrooms are Bothy's.
I was a butchers boy in my teens, I well remember being told to evatch e kool at the gels on the elrig!
ah, brilliant, the perfect video to fall asleep to
Red Comet Jimmy, is that you?
I'm in more besotted with her now.
She's wonderful.
A true national treasure.
Very interesting talk by Susie.
Editores in the states talk about "The slush pile." This is the pile of stuff that is submited to the editor. Then some poor intern has to go through them to see if anything in it is worth the editors personal atention." ) I don't know if this is used in the UK."
I was told as a teenager that pig Latin , is when you take the 1st letter of a word & place it at the end of the word then add an A. Examples. Isspa ffoa kantssa reatheba ,. Witch means, piss off skants breathe. Skants being a word that covers all under garments. IE underpants, knickers, boxer shorts, thongs , another word for under wear. I never wear underwear so I can never be called that. I think the word skants comes from skid marks. Skids in the skants. Or as I would say in pig Latin. kidssa nia heta kantssa.
She is remarkably intelligent sophisticated and attractive.
"cut to the cheese" and "like a bowl in a china shop'", they do come up on google. thass pretty awesome.
Got The Book...
Builders initiation rite: get the new guy to top up the spirit levels with water.
When you`re driving your truck on cruise control and you come up behind another truck that is waltzing. Very annoying because the driver in front is going slow slow quick quick slow...waltzing!
I knew someone who would say "Part and partial" instead of "Part and parcel"
xD
what an amazing woman you are .thanks so much for a very interesting topic. l remember my father asking the new working "go get a hammer" so they disappear. come back give it to my father. who looks it over and sends them back to get a left handed one lol
Have you ever thought what a 'Joy stick' really is considering where it is located?
what a wonderful lady really interesting words are cool tfs
Hi Susie. You should look into the Skydiving Tribe. Try the word "whuffo" x
"Ruler" is just a 15th century variation of "rule," which comes, via French, from Latin "regula," which meant a measuring stick, a diminutive derived from "regere," to straighten, lead, or guide. The word "rule," comes from the same source, but is more metaphorical
How did nobody else know this? I've seen the ad vir tize ment.Iam sorry advertisement. DHB.
Did she just say (9:50) ecksetra?!
et cetera
not ex cetera
Rick Wakeman is a member of the Freemasons? For some reason, that's a surprise to me . . .
I love how Susie does not realise Twitch is a competing platform to the incumbent/sponsor.....
5:50 "particularly in our convent.."
Wistful note, there. Sounds like a disappointing convent 😁
Why the sheet of paper over the Apple logo......?
Looks and brains.
Jimmy Carr certainly would have picked up on Susie watching herself.
Dear Susie: no-one calls you hot because there are words like accomplished, ace, brilliant, canny, charming, consummate, drop-dead, engaging, gorgeous, graceful, insightful, irresistible, knowledgeable, knows how many beans make five, magnificent, nifty, proficient, pulchritudinous, smart and stunning available.
Damn, she is incredibly bright
Ha ha, Susie told us all that people who work in an industry don't think that they have a special jargon, and then shrugs as she says she doesn't think 'we' have a secret language in TV !! (LOLz of course you do). And the male and female plug and socket thing of the sound engineers is completely universal as is for instance the word 'Cock' meaning a tap! Oo Mrs. (Dent).
00:20 - Man, it really looks unprofessional and ill-prepared if you introduce somebody by just literally reading the blub / bio from the back of their book.
Didn’t notice till you pointed it out that is a joke and a bit disrespectful considering they likely invited her and at the very least could have memorized it instead of just reading it straight from the book
Love Susie Dent. Corneggs erm I mean Eggcorns. Reminds me of the dyslexic who walked into a bra.
In the military, "Excellent question, well presented" = I don't know.
Joe Turner or "Sir, with all due respect" to an officer = you are stupid, this is how it works.
Joe Turner I also like the acronyms where you pernounce them as a word. Classic one FUBAR = F*** up beyond all recognition. And it gets even better when you run into nested acronyms.
She is one intelligent, interesting and great looking women.
William H. Baird you said ‘one,’ then you said ‘women.’ the two don’t correlate.
@@yammmit pardon the young fella, a lot of his blood was not going to his brain due to a sudden hormonal demand for blood elsewhere on the body
it's too bad she's too smart to run for office.
her brains and powers of persuasion could make huge changes......hint hint.......
the secret language of fiduciary, maint, tmaint, dmaint, pend, upend, nasu, mnasu, red, ret, tran, r/o, revtran, revro, ...all magic words that move millions of monies.....
and of course my Native Tongue from the Land of Enchantment...Blithering Gibberish
13:10 not at all? sounds like he's at least a little bit
In football the word "wanker" means the referee.
0:06 “Welcome to Toxic Google.” Yup, the company that spies on you.
Didn't like it but I can't give Susie Dent a thumbs down...8OOTC❤
We really need a new age SD, words are getting absolutely crazy post politically correct times.
Give her some water!
why?
of concern you used the term "a lot", a lot is a plot of ground.......replace the burial site:) love ya
why is there paper on her laptop?
they tried to hide the iFruit logo lol they arent too bright
Does she give speeches in America ?
I don't think so, they speak a different language
Bizcoccho!
Hammer and thongs... sounds like a West Ham strip club
I wonder if she noticed her neologism - saying Unscrabble for Unscramble. Or maybe it's secret Worder slanguage.
Fascinating and very important topic. Well presented, focusing on the humor. Needs taxonomic academic structure.
thats probably pointless, if ppl start using my words ill invent new ones
Did Roman butchers speak pig Latin?
very lovely lady
My kind of woman. Smart, snarky, slim and sexy!
Still smoking hot
Gays have the best vocab 😂😂
Secret languages of England perhaps. But not the UK. Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland......... She has not one clue of our tounge.
She is a confessed eavesdropper speaking to The gang/tribe of eavesdroppers. They're watching right now. Your now. Don't look up.
Suzie is a babe
Please move to the U.S. and marry me...