Sound Recording, Staffordshire
Description
Ivy Simmons/? Ivy Simmonds, recorded with her husband [?at home in Tamworth]. Conclusion of interview which starts on tape LAVC/SRE/A545r, concerning the language of the meat trade. Informant gives the terms for pricing meat; talks about serving customers, and gives examples of butchers' back slang (a form of communication between butchers and their staff, in which each word is pronounced exactly or approximately as if spelled backwards, so that customers cannot understand what is being said); informant explains that back slang is not used by country butchers. 8 of 24.
Metadata
| Identifier | dz23xrn6 |
| IRN | 414597 |
| Class Mark | LAVC/SRE/A546r |
| Level | Item |
| Type of Record | Archives - ISAD(G) |
| Peristent Link | http://prototype1.library.leeds.ac.uk/dz23xrn6 |
| Collection(s) | Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture |
| Category | Archive |
| Parent Record | Audiotape Sound Recordings |
| Creator(s) | Upton, Clive S |
| Date | [Mid-1970s] |
| Size and Medium | 1 x 12.7cm open reel spool, Duration: 2' 55". |