New Yorker's "Jam;" Cat Suit; Southern Tongue, Coxford Singlish Dictionary

James A. Landau JJJRLandau at AOL.COM
Wed Aug 28 16:06:17 UTC 2002


In a message dated 8/28/02 4:34:36 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Bapopik at AOL.COM
writes:

> SOUTHERN TONGUE:
>  A DICTIONARY OF SOUTHERN EXPRESSIONS
>  by Damon Bonds
>  Anchorage, AK: Nomad Publishing (nomadpublishing.net)
>  186 pages, paperback, $11.95
>  2001
>
>     These word-list books keep coming.
>     There's no bibliography.  There are no footnotes.  There are no
citations
>  of any kind.  There are no dates of first use.  There are no regions listed
>  where this is spoken.  This is yet another book of words and expressions
>  stolen here and there.  And, a bit off topic, but this book was published
in
>  Alaska?

Yes.  That's why they call themselves "Nomad" Publishing.



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