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Rugby Speak by Justin Brown An Essential Translation of New Zealand Rugby
New Zealanders love their rugby so much that a whole dialect has built up around watching the game. Rugby Speak by humorist Justin Brown sets out to record and decode this language while making hilarious observations about New Zealanders and sport in New Zealand.
Chapters in Rugby Speak by Justin Brown include:
- Rugby Grammar where we learn that “The personal pronoun ‘him’ is always pronounced ‘’em’, as in ‘Get ‘em!’”
- What to Say During the Game such as: “‘Don’t kick it, pass it!/Don’t pass it, kick it!’ Together these cover most situations.”
- The chapter What to say When You’re Sitting Next to the Old Man Who’s Been to Every Game Since 1922 contains time honored witticisms such as: “He couldn’t kick the skin off a rice pudding.”
- Things Women Shouldn’t Say: “I love their short shorts.”
- What to Say After the Game: learn to console the losers with such gems as “Either side could have won,” or “It’s a game of two halves.”
Rugby Speak by Justin Brown is bound to make any Kiwi smile. It makes a great New Zealand souvenir for the sports lover, and is an essential crash-course in rugby for yourself.
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