You All Spoken Here
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
A plunder room of words and phrases, You All Spoken Here is an irresistible treasury of the rich, colourful, and often hilarious vernacular spoken across the Southern United States — the kind of language that doesn't appear in any standard dictionary but lives vividly on the lips of those who call the region home. Roy Wilder Jr. chronicles the common and not-so-common expressions of Southern speech with the affection of a native and the precision of a dedicated collector, presenting a volume prepared for the edification of readers, word-browsers, folklorists, dialecticians, linguists, and visitors from foreign parts who need to parlez-vous in cornpone country. More than a mere glossary, this volume stands as a cultural document — a celebration of a distinct American voice that is by turns poetic, euphemistic, slyly humorous, and disarmingly profound. Wilder's approach is warm and witty, reflecting a deep love for the oral traditions that give Southern identity its singular character. With a foreword by Willard R. Espy, the book invites readers to consider how much a region's soul can be revealed through the words it chooses — and the ones it invents entirely on its own.
Author: Roy Wilder, Jr.
Format: Hardback
Genre: Reference & language
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing
A plunder room of words and phrases, You All Spoken Here is an irresistible treasury of the rich, colourful, and often hilarious vernacular spoken across the Southern United States — the kind of language that doesn't appear in any standard dictionary but lives vividly on the lips of those who call the region home. Roy Wilder Jr. chronicles the common and not-so-common expressions of Southern speech with the affection of a native and the precision of a dedicated collector, presenting a volume prepared for the edification of readers, word-browsers, folklorists, dialecticians, linguists, and visitors from foreign parts who need to parlez-vous in cornpone country. More than a mere glossary, this volume stands as a cultural document — a celebration of a distinct American voice that is by turns poetic, euphemistic, slyly humorous, and disarmingly profound. Wilder's approach is warm and witty, reflecting a deep love for the oral traditions that give Southern identity its singular character. With a foreword by Willard R. Espy, the book invites readers to consider how much a region's soul can be revealed through the words it chooses — and the ones it invents entirely on its own.