Yankee talk
Subtitle: a dictionary of New England expressions
By: Robert Hendrickson.
Series: Facts on File dictionary of American regional expressions ;; v. 3
Publisher: Facts on File
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
Subjects: Americanisms -- New England -- Dictionaries.; English language -- New England -- Terms and phrases.; English language -- Dialects -- New England.; Figures of speech -- Dictionaries.; New England -- Social life and customs -- Dictionaries.; New England -- Languages -- Dictionaries.
Description: Through a fusion of Puritanism, seafaring, advanced learning, and a terseness brought on by the vicissitudes of weather, New Englanders have developed a vocabulary and manner of speaking that is unique. In this book, renowned language maven and writer Robert Hendrickson has collected and defined more than 3,500 words and phrases from as far afield as Bar Harbor, Groton, and Marblehead. This book features an extensive introduction that provides in-depth coverage of the New England region and its different dialects, in addition to the often salty phrases that make up the heart of the book.--[book cover].