Ben Schott

@benschott.bsky.social

www.benschott.com

Well chuffed to have had a small involvement in Schott's Significa, the highly addictive new book by the author of Schott's Original Miscellany. It's a field guide to linguistic subcultures, and I collaborated on the section about the conventions of the comic strip.

'Schott's Significa - an unexpectedly essential guide to language.' Ben Schott unlocks 53 linguistic subcultures, including: casinos and crypto, doctors and dog walkers, bartenders and typographers, stunt performers and church ushers, paparazzi snappers and competitive eaters.Detail from a 2 page spread in Schott's Significa: 'Schott's COMICS...STRIPPED! A bumper bonanza of cartoon conventions.'

I interviewed Ben Schott for ClubCast - the Clubland Podcast - as we talked about the use of language in private members’ clubs. A must-listen you can find on iTunes, Spotify, YouTube, or even Substack below. clubland.substack.com/p/clubcast-7...

ClubCast 7: Ben Schott on Clubland language

To mark the launch of Ben Schott’s new book, Schott’s Significa, I spoke to Ben about the distinctive and idiosyncratic use of language in London Clubland.

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