New Yawk Tawk (Facts on File Dictionary of American Regional Expressions)

by RobertHendrickson (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1999

  $5.44

  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.