St. Lou-isms: Lingo, Lore, and the Lighter Side of Life in the Gateway City
John L. Oldani PhD
ISBN 10: 1935806440 ISBN 13: 9781935806448
Published by Reedy Press, LLC, 2013
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Do you warsh your dishes and rinsh them in the zink? Do you eat mustgo for dinner? Heard about zombies in Wildwood or St. Louis Hills? Ghostly hitchhikers in Florissant? What or who is a St. Louis Hoosier? In St. Louis Speak, John Dr. Jack Oldani documents wholly new St. Louis folklore related to senior citizens, baby boomers, lawyers, nurses, new St. Louis vocabulary, Irish and Bosnian folklore, and even urban belief tales. Dogtown, St. Louis Hills, Valley Park, Wildwood, Ellisville, and other communities are connected through jokes, beliefs, tales, speech, lingo, graffiti, games, and other lore. St. Louis Speak decodes the lingo and traces the stories, shared by all St. Louisans. This book will keep you from being St. Louis stupid, or a few clowns short of a circus! You can live, laugh, and learn to leave a legacy!
About the Author: For more than 30 years, Dr. John L. Oldani, a St. Louis native, has been a professor of American Studies and folklore at American and international universities. From his fieldwork, he has collected more than 150,000 folklore texts from the St. Louis area. He is the author of four other books on American folklore, one highlighting the American quilter.
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Title: St. Lou-isms: Lingo, Lore, and the Lighter ...
Publisher: Reedy Press, LLC
Publication Date: 2013
Binding: paperback
Condition: As New