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Sto caricando le informazioni... Informal English: Puncture Ladies, Egg Harbors, Mississippi Marbles, and Other Curious Words and Phrases of North Americadi Jeffrey Kacirk
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Gleaned from antiquated dictionaries, dialect glossaries, studies of folklore, nautical lexicons, historical writings, letters, novels, and miscellaneous sources, Informal English offers a captivating treasure trove of linguistic oddities that will not only entertain but also shed light on America's colloquial past. Among the gems are: Surface-coal: cow dung, widely used for fuel in Texas Bone-orchard: in the Southwest slang for a cemetery Chawswizzled: "confounded" in Nebraskan idiom. "I'll be chawswizzled!" Leather-ears: to Cape Cod inhabitants, a person of slow comprehension Puncture lady: a southwestern expression for a woman who prefers to sit on the sidelines at a dance and gossip rather than dance, often puncturing someone's reputation Whether the entries are unexpected twists on familiar-sounding expressions or based on curious old customs, this wide-ranging assortment of vernacular Americanisms will amaze and amuse even the most hard-boiled curmudgeon. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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Example: Deacon's hiding places. Curtained stalls in Boston oyster saloons.
This brings up a bunch of questions:
What (and when) were oyster saloons?
Can't any place serve oysters?
Did they have oyster saloons in other cities?
Why were these stalls curtained?
Or:
Lobster Alley. The theatrical secction of New York City.
When? Why? Still?
This could have been a better book with fewer entries more thoroughly investigated. ( )