{"product_id":"lost-for-words-hugh-lunn","title":"Lost For Words:  Hugh Lunn","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"Formatted\"\u003e\u003ci\u003eAre your ears on straight? Now, \u003c\/i\u003eshe\u003ci\u003e was an education.  Who do you think you are? King Farouk?  He's all mouth and trousers I'd know his hide in a tannery.  More's the pity.  It's snowing down south!  \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003eIf these words ring a bell, then you remember the wonderful, candid lingo of 1940s, 50s and 60s Australia. Hugh Lunn spent sixteen years collecting words and phrases that Australians once used everyday. As he points out, we have slowly given away our own rich language and have allowed it to be replaced by global TV shorthand: \u003ci\u003eas if, get real, puh-leese, whatever...\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eArranged in quirky themes such as Lies your mother told you, \u003cem\u003eMrs Kerfoops, Getting above your station\u003c\/em\u003e, and\u003cem\u003e Mutton dressed as lamb\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLost for Words\u003c\/i\u003e also includes a fifteen-part 'radio serial' about 'Bert and Grace and their trials and tribulations bringing up a family after the War'.  Filled with humour and delightful surprises, reading \u003ci\u003eLost for Words\u003c\/i\u003e is like bumping into long-lost but dearly loved friends. Let's keep in touch with them - and ask for our language back!\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cosmic Cauldron Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44263305838670,"sku":"LS4-3\/LFW-HL","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0624\/0508\/3214\/files\/DSCN7636.jpg?v=1788323977","url":"https:\/\/cosmiccauldronbooks.com.au\/products\/lost-for-words-hugh-lunn","provider":"Cosmic Cauldron Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}