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America's secret slang. Season 1. Episode 4, West word, ho! / written and directed by Gabriel Rotello ; host, Zach Selwyn ; produced by Flight 33 Productions LLC for H2.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Slang.
- English language.
- English language--Etymology.
- Frontier and pioneer life--Slang.
- Frontier and pioneer life.
- Genre:
- Documentary television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (22 minutes)
- Other Title:
- Westword ho!
- West word, ho!
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : A&E Television Networks, 2012.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- America's Secret Slang proves that we speak history every day as it documents the stories behind our unique American version of English, from words like "southpaw" to phrases like "bet your bottom dollar". Expressions from "riffraff" to "betting your bottom dollar", "passing the buck", "acid test" and even "heard it through the grapevine" all come from America's frontier days.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed June 21, 2017).
- OCLC:
- 994117730
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