Authors on the Air host Pam Stack welcomes back to the studio award-winning and best-selling novelist Simon Wood. ABOUT TROUBLE & STRIFE: My new book is the anthology collection of crime stories inspired cockney rhyming slang. The book’s release is next month so I thought I’d clue you in on what to expect. Listen to Simon quiz host Pam Stack. Funny. If you don’t know what cockney rhyming slang is, here’s a little bit of background. It’s a coded language where you create/use an expression that rhymes with the word you want to use then use the expression instead of the word. For example “butcher’s hook” is used to mean “look” and “plates of meat” is used to mean “feet” and “skyrocket” is used to mean “pocket” and so on… Invariably, the rhyming portion of the expression is dropped and the non rhyming element will take over. ABOUT SIMON: Check out his very fascinating bio here simonwood.net/bio/ Simon is dyslexic and he discusses how he learned to fly planes, race cars and bicycle in speed trials. Very interesting man. This is a copyrighted podcast owned by the Authors on the Air Global Radio Network. Listen to all of our podcasts on @authorsontheair or your favorite podcast app. Simon WoodAuthors on the Airinterviewpodcastwritingwritersbooksreadingslangbookloversdyslexiaracinghoneybeesthrillersnonfictionfiction

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