1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue edition by Francis Grose Campbell McCutcheon Politics Social Sciences eBooks
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This indispensible guide to 'Slang, University Wit and Pickpocket Eloquence' contains fascinating insights into the humour and mentality of its compilers. Enrich your vocabulary with the vulgar witticisms fashionable 200 years ago; wince at jests considered well beyond the pale today. 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue is reproduced here unabridged, in its politically incorrect glory.
1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue edition by Francis Grose Campbell McCutcheon Politics Social Sciences eBooks
I really debated over the number of stars, but my complaint isn't about lousy postal service, so I went with the lowest.The book itself is fantastic. Unbelievable. If you wish to know the first thing about Regency England, if you just want to better understand a Georgette Heyer novel, buy this book! There were three important editions of the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, the first by Captain Frances Grose, the others who built on his work. The second was published in 1811 by some collegiates who preferred anonymity, and it's wonderful, a real look into the young buck's language. But the last, that came along about seven years later, is this one, built on by a forgotten figure of history, Pierce Egan. A giant in his own time, the first sportswriter, author of one of the most beloved books of the period, Life in London, about Tom and Jerry and Bob Logic and their adventures in the ton. This book is quite comic, and he tries, or so he says, to clean it up a bit. But the cant by that time, particularly of criminals and the boxing ring, is just too cryptic to try to understand without at least an OED, but preferably this book.
Now, as to the one star. Do not buy this edition. I notice that the price has gone up another five dollars since I bought it. The chutzpah of companies like Nabu Press and their clumsy brethren is unbelievable. There is NEVER a Look Inside, never a word about its contents, and generally no reviews, leaving the buyer lost. And this is absolutely unreadable. I would say at least one-quarter of it is nothing but a smear, like a really bad Xerox from 1965. I don't understand all the various ways a public domain book can be run through the digital press. The Wiki article doesn't explain very well. These companies certainly don't. They've puked out over a million books onto Amazon, and at least half are as bad as this. I do a lot of historical research, and lately I've begun to just send them back in disgust and try to find another edition, even if I have to go on ABE and pony up for an original. A thing to be done with caution, since, with "dirty" books like this, later Victorian reprints are often bowlderized, and don't say so. As I recall, this book has a Kindle version that is also unreadable, old-style, a sea of typos and odd symbols. I hate Kindle anyway for serious research. If I find a better edition, I'll revisit this review and add a link, because that's my other plea. Historians and researchers have got to hang together! Get on Amazon and review this stuff. It's the only way we can keep them from robbing us blind. A last note for the hopeless. Last year I joined a monthly club for another of the publishers, one of the first, Forgotten Books. With them, at least, you can endlessly pull up books on your computer once you're a member, and read the entirety. Though again I don't care for reading on the computer, since I'm on it all day, it's at least a way to find out what will help you and what won't, before you try to buy anything.
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1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue edition by Francis Grose Campbell McCutcheon Politics Social Sciences eBooks Reviews
Vulgar tongue; the national or dialect spoken by ordinary people in a particular region or country.
This is an interesting reference, early 19th century terms and words can have a complete different meaning than today. A lot of our language derived from it as well. During that era it would have been strange for people to come together from different regions and communicate. I thoroughly enjoyed the book as well as the price. Only draw back no index
Word of Mouth; to drink by word of mouth, out of the bowl or bottle instead of glass.
To Wobble; to boil, pot wobbler one who boils a pot.
To Win; to steal. The cull has won a couple of rum glimsticks; the fellow has stolen a pair of fine candlesticks.
Wife in Water Colors; a mistress, or concubine.
Token; the plague also venereal disease. She tipped him a token; she gave him the clap or pox.
Daddles; hands. Tip us your daddle; give me your hand.
Diary; a woman's breast, particularly one that gives suck. She sported her diary she pulled out her breast.
This work is one that I have found to be entertaining from several reads. This is definately not a sit down and plow through it book, but rather one can pick up and put down as needed. As a whole, I found in interesting from a perspective of much of what we consider normal everyday language these days was only a couple of hundred years ago considered the "ebonics" of the time. It does very much carry the tone and verbage of the day, which may disinterest some, but fans of Victorian, Edwardian, or Elizabethan period speech should adore this, as well those whom are interested in such through some of the more fanciful spin offs such as Steampunk fans.
I would say that this if you are looking for new (old) ways to spew forth vulgar phrases you will be disappointed, but if you are looking for phrases and even the occasional insult of Shakespearan wit, you can find more than a few gems within this book.
Most students of the English language are familiar with the "1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue". Others will not be. It is not quite an obscure work but it does occupy a rather small niche. Although attributed to Francis Grose, the 1811 Dictionary is actually an updating of Grose' "A Classical Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue" (1785). Grose died in 1791; the 1811 update was provided by a group of men who acknowledged Grose as the primary author.
Grose collected words and phrases used by the common people, i.e. the everyday speech of everyday folks. Thus "vulgar" in the title means "common" and not "dirty", "rude" or "nasty". The 1811 Dictionary includes language which was ignored by lexicographers. Most scholars of the time felt that such language was not worth recording or reporting. Grose and those who updated the dictionary in 1811 probably were motivated by amusement as much as by lexicography. That is, they found the speech of the "common folk" entertaining. There is no doubt that slang can be amusing but it is also often enlightening, e.g. by providing cultural or sociological insights. Regardless of the motivation of the compilers, the 1811 Dictionary is a useful work for students of English language and culture.
Those interested in the topic of American slang will find the work of Wentworth & Flexner interesting. Two particularly good volumes are Dictionary of American Slang Based on Historical Principles and Speaking Freely A Guided Tour of American English from Plymouth Rock to Silicon Valley.
I really debated over the number of stars, but my complaint isn't about lousy postal service, so I went with the lowest.
The book itself is fantastic. Unbelievable. If you wish to know the first thing about Regency England, if you just want to better understand a Georgette Heyer novel, buy this book! There were three important editions of the Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue, the first by Captain Frances Grose, the others who built on his work. The second was published in 1811 by some collegiates who preferred anonymity, and it's wonderful, a real look into the young buck's language. But the last, that came along about seven years later, is this one, built on by a forgotten figure of history, Pierce Egan. A giant in his own time, the first sportswriter, author of one of the most beloved books of the period, Life in London, about Tom and Jerry and Bob Logic and their adventures in the ton. This book is quite comic, and he tries, or so he says, to clean it up a bit. But the cant by that time, particularly of criminals and the boxing ring, is just too cryptic to try to understand without at least an OED, but preferably this book.
Now, as to the one star. Do not buy this edition. I notice that the price has gone up another five dollars since I bought it. The chutzpah of companies like Nabu Press and their clumsy brethren is unbelievable. There is NEVER a Look Inside, never a word about its contents, and generally no reviews, leaving the buyer lost. And this is absolutely unreadable. I would say at least one-quarter of it is nothing but a smear, like a really bad Xerox from 1965. I don't understand all the various ways a public domain book can be run through the digital press. The Wiki article doesn't explain very well. These companies certainly don't. They've puked out over a million books onto , and at least half are as bad as this. I do a lot of historical research, and lately I've begun to just send them back in disgust and try to find another edition, even if I have to go on ABE and pony up for an original. A thing to be done with caution, since, with "dirty" books like this, later Victorian reprints are often bowlderized, and don't say so. As I recall, this book has a version that is also unreadable, old-style, a sea of typos and odd symbols. I hate anyway for serious research. If I find a better edition, I'll revisit this review and add a link, because that's my other plea. Historians and researchers have got to hang together! Get on and review this stuff. It's the only way we can keep them from robbing us blind. A last note for the hopeless. Last year I joined a monthly club for another of the publishers, one of the first, Forgotten Books. With them, at least, you can endlessly pull up books on your computer once you're a member, and read the entirety. Though again I don't care for reading on the computer, since I'm on it all day, it's at least a way to find out what will help you and what won't, before you try to buy anything.
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