Slang from The 19th Century: The Art Of Manliness

While searching for 19th century art, I seem to have stumbled upon this linguistics gem. Being of the respectable sorts, I think you fine gents will certainly find one or two uses for this particular vernacular:

http://www.boingboing.net/2010/03/16/19th-century-manly-s.html

http://artofmanliness.com/2010/03/10/manly-slang-from-the-19th-century/

 

Very interesting I must say :thumbup:

:lol:

 

Quite the find, RunAway.

 

Seconded. >_>

 

I'm thinking I might take Xiao's treatise, and disassemble it down to it's core statements, then rebuild it using 19th century slang.

SHIT! DE! I changed continents again! >_<

Yea, I'll try and be in vent some evening soon. I've been busy with life lately.

 

Yes! That would be awesome, DarkFool. I'm laughing about it already.