I Hear America Talking

I Hear America Talking
Title I Hear America Talking PDF eBook
Author Stuart Berg Flexner
Publisher Simon & Schuster
Pages 532
Release 1979
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 9780671249946

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An Encyclopedia of Swearing

An Encyclopedia of Swearing
Title An Encyclopedia of Swearing PDF eBook
Author Geoffrey Hughes
Publisher Routledge
Pages 715
Release 2015-03-26
Genre Business & Economics
ISBN 1317476778

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This is the only encyclopedia and social history of swearing and foul language in the English-speaking world. It covers the various social dynamics that generate swearing, foul language, and insults in the entire range of the English language. While the emphasis is on American and British English, the different major global varieties, such as Australian, Canadian, South African, and Caribbean English are also covered. A-Z entries cover the full range of swearing and foul language in English, including fascinating details on the history and origins of each term and the social context in which it found expression. Categories include blasphemy, obscenity, profanity, the categorization of women and races, and modal varieties, such as the ritual insults of Renaissance "flyting" and modern "sounding" or "playing the dozens." Entries cover the historical dimension of the language, from Anglo-Saxon heroic oaths and the surprising power of medieval profanity, to the strict censorship of the Renaissance and the vibrant, modern language of the streets. Social factors, such as stereotyping, xenophobia, and the dynamics of ethnic slurs, as well as age and gender differences in swearing are also addressed, along with the major taboo words and the complex and changing nature of religious, sexual, and racial taboos.

Real Philly History, Real Fast

Real Philly History, Real Fast
Title Real Philly History, Real Fast PDF eBook
Author Jim Murphy
Publisher Temple University Press
Pages 262
Release 2021-06-18
Genre History
ISBN 1439919240

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"An alternative, history-focused guidebook to a selection of Philadelphia's heroes and notable places"--

Speaking Freely

Speaking Freely
Title Speaking Freely PDF eBook
Author Stuart Berg Flexner
Publisher Oxford University Press, USA
Pages 488
Release 1997
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN

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Based on Berg's (1928-90) best selling I Hear America Talking (1976) and Listening to America, presents essays on such aspects of American speech as booze, communications from snail mail to email, fighting words, funerals, health, holidays, pop culture, sex, outer space, sports, transportation, and trash and garbage. The text is amply accompanied by black-and-white photographs and quotations. No bibliography. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

America Again

America Again
Title America Again PDF eBook
Author Stephen Colbert
Publisher Grand Central Publishing
Pages 244
Release 2012-10-02
Genre Humor
ISBN 0446583987

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Book store nation, in the history of mankind there has never been a greater country than America. You could say we're the #1 nation at being the best at greatness. But as perfect as America is in every single way, America is broken! And we can't exchange it because we're 236 years past the 30-day return window. Look around--we don't make anything anymore, we've mortgaged our future to China, and the Apologist-in-Chief goes on world tours just to bow before foreign leaders. Worse, the L.A. Four Seasons Hotel doesn't even have a dedicated phone button for the Spa. You have to dial an extension! Where did we lose our way?! It's high time we restored America to the greatness it never lost! Luckily, America Again will singlebookedly pull this country back from the brink. It features everything from chapters, to page numbers, to fonts. Covering subject's ranging from healthcare ("I shudder to think where we'd be without the wide variety of prescription drugs to treat our maladies, such as think-shuddering") to the economy ("Life is giving us lemons, and we're shipping them to the Chinese to make our lemon-flavored leadonade") to food ("Feel free to deep fry this book-it's a rich source of fiber"), Stephen gives America the dose of truth it needs to get back on track.

I Hear America Singing

I Hear America Singing
Title I Hear America Singing PDF eBook
Author Walt Whitman
Publisher Philomel
Pages 20
Release 1991
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9780399218088

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Whitman's famous poem, accompanied by linoleum-cut illustrations, depicts people at work all over an earlier America.

The Hidden History of Coined Words

The Hidden History of Coined Words
Title The Hidden History of Coined Words PDF eBook
Author Ralph Keyes
Publisher Oxford University Press
Pages 393
Release 2021
Genre Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN 0190466766

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"How do words get coined? That question is explored in Ralph Keyes's latest book, The Hidden History of Coined Words. Based on meticulous research, Keyes has determined that successful neologisms are as likely to be created by chance as by intention. A remarkable number of new words were coined whimsically, he's discovered, to taunt, even to prank. Knickers resulted from a hoax, big bang from an insult. Wisecracking produced software, crowdsource, and blog. More than a few neologisms weren't even coined intentionally: they resulted from happy accidents such as typos, mistranslations, and misheard words like bigly and buttonhole, or from an unintended coinage such as Isaac Asimov's robotics. Many of the word coiners Keyes writes about come from unlikely quarters. Neologizers (a Thomas Jefferson coinage) include not just learned scholars and literary lions but cartoonists, columnists, children's authors, and children as well. Wimp, Keyes tells us, originated with an early 20th century book series on The Wymps, goop from a series about The Goops, and nerd from a book by Dr. Seuss. Competing claims to have coined terms like gonzo, mojo, and booty call are assessed, as is epic battles fought between new word partisans, and those who think we have enough words already. A concluding chapter offers pointers on how to coin a word of one's own. Written in a reader-friendly manner, The Hidden History of Coined Words will appeal not just to word lovers but history buffs, trivia contesters, and anyone at all who is interested in a well-informed good read"--