Strupac, fornenst, trappy, scriss, kippy, snool, flying axehandles, from across - these and hundreds of other colourful words and phrases give the English language as it has been spoken in Canada’s smallest province a flavour all its own.

T.K. Pratt is Professor of English at the University of Prince Edward Island.

'Anyone with an interest in the culture of Atlantic Canada will find much to enjoy in this collection of colloquialisms and non-standard English spoken and written in Prince Edward Island.'

Errol Sharpe,:

'Anyone with an interest in the culture of Atlantic Canada will find much to enjoy in this collection of colloquialisms and non-standard English spoken and written in Prince Edward Island.'

Ged Martin:

'Anyone with an interest in the culture of Atlantic Canada will find much to enjoy in this collection of colloquialisms and non-standard English spoken and written in Prince Edward Island.'

G.B. Hallett:

'Anyone with an interest in the culture of Atlantic Canada will find much to enjoy in this collection of colloquialisms and non-standard English spoken and written in Prince Edward Island.'

Wayne Grady:

'Anyone with an interest in the culture of Atlantic Canada will find much to enjoy in this collection of colloquialisms and non-standard English spoken and written in Prince Edward Island.'

'Anyone with an interest in the culture of Atlantic Canada will find much to enjoy in this collection of colloquialisms and non-standard English spoken and written in Prince Edward Island.'

Harry Bruce:

'Anyone with an interest in the culture of Atlantic Canada will find much to enjoy in this collection of colloquialisms and non-standard English spoken and written in Prince Edward Island.'