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Informal English: Puncture Ladies, Egg Harbors, Mississippi Marbles, and Other Curious Words and Phrases of North America
ISBN-13: 9780743254939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 256 str.
Informal English: Puncture Ladies, Egg Harbors, Mississippi Marbles, and Other Curious Words and Phrases of North America
ISBN-13: 9780743254939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2005 / 256 str.
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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.
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 Americas 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. "Ill 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 someones 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.
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