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Youf-Speak quote in Stephen Fry's Planet Word
Sep 20th 2011

We are delighted to report that a quote from Martin Baum's best-selling 'To Be or Not To Be, Innit, a Yoof-Speak Guide to Shakespeare' has been included in Stephen Fry's latest Book 'Planet Word'

As for the quote, well, it's from 'Romeo and his Fit Bitch Jules' under the heading:
Teenglish (or Romeo and His Fit Bitch Jules) and reads:

The opening line of Romeo and Juliet was translated into London
slang by satirical author Martin Baum in Romeo and His Fit Bitch Jules:

'Verona was de turf of de feuding Montagues and de Capulet families. And coz they was always brawling and stuff, de prince of Verona told them to cool it or else they was gonna get well mashed if they carried on larging it with each other.'


 

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