Cheerio Tom, Dick and Harry: Despatches from the Hospice of Fading Words
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ISBN-13:
9781741149937
Veröffentl:
2008
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.09.2008
Seiten:
288
Autor:
Ruth Wajnryb
Gewicht:
272 g
Format:
193x130x23 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
From wordmeister Ruth Wajnryb, a witty and thought provoking examination of the words that once peppered our language but are now fading from use.
Contents..Acknowledgments..1 The Hospice..PART I As the pace quickens..2 Cheerio..3 Peopled phrases..4 Darn..5 Tinker..6 Hobby..7 Steady..PART II Old ways, old language..8 Jalopy..9 Handkerchief..10 Hats..11 Nongs and yobbos..PART III Quainteries eschewed..12 Colourful language..13 Fixed rejoinders..14 Doubling up..15 Mercers..16 As easy as..17 Useful tits..18 Cockney rhyming slang..19 Odds and sods..PART IV Victims of modern candour..20 Sexuality..21 The fall..22 Dying and death..23 Consumption, hysteria, ticker and coming out..24 Black dog..25 Bad..PART V A new century with its own sensibilities..26 Body bits..27 Mad..28 Stupid..29 Ought..30 Honey..31 Fortitude..32 Modesty..PART VI The past is dead, long live the future..33 Cooking..34 Histor
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