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‘S Dickens, innit
Author : Catie Holdridge
Posted : 17 / 06 / 10
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He began by turning Shakespeare into txt spk. Now it’s Dickens for da yoof of today.
Martin Baum, a father from Bournemouth, has rewritten Dickens in ‘yoof-speak’ in order – he claims – to get children interested in reading. ‘Kids today have invented their own language,’ says Baum. ‘And I use this language to try and engage them.’
Judge his alleged mission as you will, while you contemplate his opening to Da Tale of Two Turfs: ‘It was da best of times and, not being funny or nuffing, but it was da worst of times, to be honest …’
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