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Each regional volume contains thousands of entertaining expressions, anecdotes, pronunciations, idioms, and catchwords -- both historical and contemporary -- excerpted from novels, poetry, legends, and newspaper articles. An extensive introduction provides in-depth coverage of each area as well as its many different dialects.New York 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".
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New Yawk Tawk, Robert Hendrickson
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- Released
- 1998
- Binding
- (Paperback)
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- Title
- New Yawk Tawk
- Subtitle
- A Dictionary of New York City Expressions
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Robert Hendrickson
- Publisher
- Checkmark Books
- Released
- 1998
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 181
- ISBN10
- 0816038694
- ISBN13
- 9780816038695
- Series
- Tags
- Non-Fiction, Social Sciences, Language Textbooks & Dictionaries, References & Manuals, USA, Languages, Language Dictionaries, Linguistics, Dictionaries, New York, Dialects
- Rating
- 3 out of 5
- Description
- Each regional volume contains thousands of entertaining expressions, anecdotes, pronunciations, idioms, and catchwords -- both historical and contemporary -- excerpted from novels, poetry, legends, and newspaper articles. An extensive introduction provides in-depth coverage of each area as well as its many different dialects.New York 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".