British college slang in fiction

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SteveS - 14 Apr 2008 22:38 GMT

Hi,

Any fiction rich in British college/university students' slang, esp
Oxbridge (prefer 60s-70s)?

Thanks.

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sprocket - 15 Apr 2008 08:09 GMT

> Hi,
>
> Any fiction rich in British college/university students' slang, esp
> Oxbridge (prefer 60s-70s)?

Billy Bunter ?

Only joking. In the 60s/ 70s it was, like, yeah, peace, man.

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Ildhund - 15 Apr 2008 15:04 GMT

> Any fiction rich in British college/university students' slang, esp
> Oxbridge (prefer 60s-70s)?

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.

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SteveS - 16 Apr 2008 10:39 GMT

>>Any fiction rich in British college/university students' slang, esp
>>Oxbridge (prefer 60s-70s)?
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> riotous depiction of the scene, but it doesn't include much student
> dialogue.

Am reading it right now:-)

You're right on the spot.

OK, let's retarget: do you know any books from the 60s to the present
with rich student dialogue? The more slangy (BrE) the better:-)

Thanks.

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British college slang in fiction