Cassidy

[Grant Barrett]

Finally, there's a review of the Cassidy book that takes the proper
critical look at the book:

<http://www.popmatters.com/pm/books/reviews/49901/how-the-irish-
invented-slang-by-daniel-cassidy/>

"There are brief glimmers of light, especially in the essays
regarding the development of the words 'dude' and 'jazz', but these
are lost among the wreckage. For someone who criticizes Anglo-English
dictionaries so stridently, Cassidy seems to fall into a similar
trap. Convinced of his thesis and eager to disseminate his ideas, he
fails to vet and solidify these connections enough so the reader can
feel certain about them. Words are too powerful to be anything less
than certain."

Grant Barrett
Double-Tongued Dictionary
http://www.doubletongued.org/
editor at doubletongued.org

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