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19th century speech and slang

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OLD WEST Writer's Guide - Slang, Phrases and More. A Writer's Guide to the Old West 1860's ~ 1880's Being a small compilation drawn from period newspapers, books, and memoirs Part of the charm and character of the Old West, as viewed through our modern eyes, has always been the colorful speech of those days. Books have borrowed it, movies have parodied it, and children gallop around on stick horses mimicking it. Manly Slang from the 19th Century. 6thohio.homestead.com/Nineteenth_Century_Slang_Dictionary-v2.pdf. How to Speak 19th Century. How to Speak 19th CenturyEarly 19th Century Vocabulary ©Eric Ferguson 5348 48th Av. S Minneapolis, MN 55417 Phone (612)726-6364eric@celticfringe. Those of us who work at living history museums have always worked to purge modern words and expressions from our vocabularies.

However, the people we portray had a richer language than just modern English without "okay" and "have a nice day".