The Lingo of the Good-People
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8729905 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David W Maurer (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1935 |
| Volume | 10 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 10-10 |
| Publication date | 1935-02-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Speech (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1283 • E-ISSN: 1527-2133 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/452929 |
| OpenAlex | W2318214120 |
| Language | EN |
gun were unthought of as tools of crime; when crooks talked in terms of dollars instead of thousands; when crime, in short, was in the horse-andbuggy stage and had not yet become one of the major industries of this great republic. Even as the countless generations of criminals who preceded them, the good-people had their argot. Around 19oo when the present-day elderly goodpeople were criminal Dapper Dans, their lingo was the last word in linguistic nobbiness. Now it is faded and
Sociology · Cuban History and Society · Race, History, and American Society · History
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |