Tag Archives: Charles Dickens

  1. Reduplications, Great Shifts, and Free Speech

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    May 12, 2025 by libroshombre

                Reading my old copy of “Dictionary of American Slang” (DAS), compiled by Harold Wentworth and Stuart Flexner in 1960, …
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    Category: book banning, books, English language, grammar, language, languages, libraries, slang | Tags: , , , , , , , ,

  2. Brand, Fangled, and New

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    January 16, 2017 by libroshombre

    The sun shines constantly on new vistas for those on the lookout, and even heavily-trodden paths.   I’ve lost count of …
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