Trainspotting Irvine Welsh...

jcf

Started reading this - bloody hell its hard to understand, anyone who read it does it get easier as it goes along ?? - I'm about 20 pages in and slightly getting more used to the "Scottish", but tough going...

TheBunk1

Jaysus I remember reading that a few years back and its bloody tough. There is a list of slang at the back to explain some of the words. But it does get easier after a few chapters. I actually found myself talkin like they do in the book when reading other stuff :-P bairns? cannae this and dinnae that!

It's a great book though, loads of stuff in it that's not in the film. The follow up book, "Porno" is class too

Mint Sauce

I had to read the first few chapters a couple of times OP, just to get used to the slang and the dialect.

After that though I flew though it, and reed it again several times since.

Stick wi' it cheil, ita a stoatin reid.

jcf

TheBunk1 wrote: »

Jaysus I remember reading that a few years back and its bloody tough. There is a list of slang at the back to explain some of the words. But it does get easier after a few chapters. I actually found myself talkin like they do in the book when reading other stuff :-P bairns? cannae this and dinnae that!

It's a great book though, loads of stuff in it that's not in the film. The follow up book, "Porno" is class too

Ah pity my, edition doesn't have this list ... ill use the magical google..

Mint Sauce

jcf wrote: »

Ah pity my, edition doesn't have this list ... ill use the magical google..

Dont think mine has that either, although it is quite an old one.

staker

I read the book having seen the film,which helped.

For me it was tough going for the first few chapters,but I constantly visualised the scenes as I was reading them.

Not too sure I'd have stuck it out otherwise tbh.

Delighted I did,since then I've read Glue and Filth,both very good reads too.

Asphyxia

Seeing the film helped me understand the book although there's more in the book. It is difficult but gets easier when you get the idea of the slang and that.

Brilliant book, I'm glad I read it.

JohnMearsheimer

Stick with it. It's very confusing at the start trying to figure out what he's saying but you'll get into the swing of things soon enough.