Books on diner vocabulary?

[Joel S. Berson]

Thank you, but I *am* looking for a book.

Joel

At 12/14/2007 04:05 PM, Cohen, Gerald Leonard wrote:
>After I sent my ads-l message below, Ben Zimmer sent me the friendly reminder:
>
>"Didn't I contribute some hash-house lingo too? :->"
>
>Yes he did. His two items appeared in Comments on Etymology, vol.
>36, no. 3-4, Dec. 2006/January 2007:
>Benjamin Zimmer: "1886 St. Louis Globe-Democrat articleon hash-house
>lingo. pp. 8-11.
>Benjamin Zimmer: "1889 Boston Globe article on lingo in a Bowery
>hash house." pp. 12-13.
>
>Among the interesting examples in the two above articles are "a
>querrium" (aquarium) = glass of water, "worms-in-the-teeth" = baked
>macaroni, "ancient orders" (also: "A.O.H's") = potatoes (i.e.,
>ancient orders of Hibernia.), "a 17th of March" (= an Irish stew),
>and "T.D.'s" = potatoes.
>
>Btw, why are "T.D.'s" potatoes?  What am I missing here?
>
>Gerald Cohen
>P.S. Barry Popik also had two items on hash-house lingo in the same
>Comments on Etymology issue.
>
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>From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Cohen, Gerald Leonard
>Sent: Fri 12/14/2007 11:24 AM
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Re: Books on diner vocabulary?
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>This isn't a book but I add it to the discussion for the sake of completeness:
>
>"Material for the Study of Hashhouse Lingo," by Barry Popik and
>Gerald Cohen. in: _Studies in Slang, VII_, by Gerald Leonard Cohen
>and Barry A. Popik_, self-published by Gerald Cohen, 2006. pp. 1- 49.
>
>Gerald Cohen
>Department of Arts, Languages, and Philosophy
>University of Missouri-Rolla
>
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>From: American Dialect Society on behalf of Joel S. Berson
>Sent: Fri 12/14/2007 9:00 AM
>To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU
>Subject: Books on diner vocabulary?
>
>I have perused the archives, and notice just the following:
>
>American diner: then and now [Richard Gutman, 2000, I assume].
>
>Are there others?
>
>Joel
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