All posts tagged "slang"
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8.1K1Religion and Social MovementsJohn Humphrey Noyes Finds Out Sex and Silverware Don’t Mix
John Humphrey Noyes started out in the 19th century as a conventional Yale-trained minister until he found out he was perfect and...
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34.3K1Arts and LeisureHell-Born Babes and Slubbers: Ten Ways to Call Someone Wicked in Colonial Times
Colonists coming from England had plenty of and informal and slang expressions to call someone evil. Here are ten of them: A...
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3.5KArts and LeisureJilts, Flams and Jibber the Kibber – The Art of Lying in Colonial Times
Lying existed in the 1600s, just as it does today. And there were many slang expressions to describe liars and lying. Here...
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38.0K8Arts and LeisureHow To Talk Rhode Island
To talk Rhode Island requires more than a passing knowledge of the expression ‘No school Fosta Glosta’ or the difference between a...
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34.9K14Arts and LeisureHow To Talk With a New Hampshire Accent
The New Hampshire accent started with the English colonists who first arrived in North America. They brought with them speech patterns from...
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4.0KArts and LeisureA Scold’s Cure, Carrion Hunters and Going to Peg Trantum’s – Speaking of Death in Colonial Times
In colonial times, there was the King’s English, and then there was the slang, which was much more fun and colorful. And...
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