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Regency Links


Anne Woodley's Regency Page
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~awoodley/Regency.html


Barbara Metzger's home page
www.barbarametzger.com

 

My favorite resource for Regency language is Melissa Lynn Jones's
Thesaurus of Regency Slang and Idiomatic Phrases.
The compilation is over 260 pages long. An example including the Introduction is shown here.
To order a copy, send $29.95 (includes shipping) to Melissa Lynn Jones, 4914 79th Street, Lubbock, Texas 79424-3126. For those ordering outside the USA, please write first for a shipping quote.

INTRODUCTION

       Each entry is supported by a number and/or lettered indication of its source(s) of authority. When a word or phrase does not appear in a published source where it otherwise might be expected, such as within a dictionary of comparatively recent date, 'IN/All precedes the reference number to signify that the term is "not available" from that source. The number(s) and/or lefter(s) which follow at the end of an entry, beyond the parenthesis, if any, are additional sources where a given term can be found.
       Dictionary citations indicate spoken usage prior to a certain date. Other entries, such as "GOSSIP@Paul Pry,"' developed from a specific event, in this case from the title of a song popularized in the U.S. in 1820. When a term's first known use exceeds the Regency years, the word or phrase is marked with "NO" and an appropriate date. This reminds readers that the word or phrase is.likely anachronistic. Commonly misconstrued words, especially slang and cant terms, are also provided with a brief definition.

SAMPLE ENTRY: bruising rider (flg. =an intrepid horseman NO: 1872 OED; N/A 338) 115,H

EXPLANATION: This figurative term, with the meaning shown, is first recorded in 1872, as recounted by the CVord English Dictionary, 2nd edn., rendering ft inappropriate for Regency use. The term is not available in Webster's New International Dictionary of 1923, but John Farmer notes it in Slangand ItsAnalogues, published in 1890. Despite the relative newness of the term, Georgette Heyer includes bruising rider in at least one of her Regency novels [see Heyer's A Civil Contract, p. 61.

       Consultation with the numbered Bibliography at the end of this document will assist users in determining for themselves whether a particular term actually corresponds to the Regency period. Further information (detailed source citation, complete context, etc.) may be had upon request.

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