i have , therefore , carefully ( but not necessarily accurately ) translated the conversations of the characters in this book from the original anglo-cornish , angus and the mearns , ayrshire , belfast , berwickshire , black country , blackburn , bolton , bristolian dialect , brummie ( birmingham ) , buchan and aberdeenshire , burnley , caithness , cardiff , cardiff dialect , cheshire , cockney , cork , cornish , county durham , coventry , cumbrian , derry , donegal , dublin , dumfriesshire and thescottish borders , dunbartonshire , dundonian , east anglia , east midlands ( derby , east riding of yorkshire , easter ross and the black isle , esk , essaxon ( essex ) , estuary ( thames estuary ) , fylde , geordie , gower , guernsey english , highland english , home counties , cockney , inner city , inverclyde , irish travellers , isle of bute. , jersey english , kentish ( kent ) , kerry , kirkcudbrightshire and wigtownshire. , lanarkshire , lancashire , leicester and rutland , leinster , liddel water , limerick city , lincoln , northampton , liverpool and wigan , london , lothians , , mackem , manchester , mancunian , manx english , mid northern , mid ulster english , midlands , moray , multicultural london ( inner london ) , munster , newcastle upon tyne , norfolk , north east , north east central , north london , north northern , north riding of yorkshire , north wales , northumberland , northumbrian , nottingham ) , orkney and shetland , peeblesshire , pitmatic , potteries ( north staffordshire ) , preston , primarily , renfrewshire , scouse , sligo town , smoggie , south london. , south ulster , south wales , south west central west dumfriesshire , stoke-on-trent , suffolk , sunderland , sussex , teesside , telford ( east shropshire ) , teviot and the yarrow water , the black country , ulster scots connacht , waterford city , east perthshire , west , west country , west midlands , west riding of yorkshire , wexford town , wiltshire , and wolverhampton accents , as well as from cockney rhyming slang , into contemporary north american english for this novels intended readership .