New Yawk Tawk : A Dictionary of New York City Expressions
Hendrickson, Robert
ISBN 10: 0785815562 ISBN 13: 9780785815563
Published by Book Sales, Incorporated, 2002
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The whole schmeer everything you need to know about New York talk. Speakers from New York City and its surrounding regions have a distinct accent and speech mannerisms all their own. Linguists study them and tough-talking screen gangsters imitate them. Now the phrases, words, expressions, and ethnic roots of New York speech are defined in one handy reference. In A-to-Z format, New Yawk Tawk collects more than 1,200 entries that will take readers on a fun and informative "tour" of the self-proclaimed "Capital of the World."
Review: "This [New York Tawk] gives me a chance to recommend a range of recent Hendrickson dialect works . . . from 'Yankee Talk' to 'Whistlin' Dixie' to last year's Ozarkian 'Mountain Range.'" -- William Safire, The New York Times Magazine
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Title: New Yawk Tawk : A Dictionary of New York ...
Publisher: Book Sales, Incorporated
Publication Date: 2002
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good