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TAYLE DRAWERS. Thieves who snatch gentlemens swords from their sides. He drew the cull's tayle rumly; he snatched away the gentleman's sword cleverly.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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TAYLE DRAWERS. Thieves who snatch gentlemens swords from their sides. He drew the cull's tayle rumly; he snatched away the gentleman's sword cleverly.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785) — Image imitating a page from an old document, text (as in main toot): TAYLE DRAWERS. Thieves who snatch gentlemens swords from their sides. He drew the cull's tayle rumly; he snatched away the gentleman's sword cleverly. A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

The Vulgar Tongue

@TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us · 15 hours ago

TAYLE DRAWERS. Thieves who snatch gentlemens swords from their sides. He drew the cull's tayle rumly; he snatched away the gentleman's sword cleverly.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Andrew Abdalian

@abdalian@lingo.lol · 2 days ago

A few entries from the language section of The Standard Dictionary of Facts, published 1920 and recently purchased by me. Looking forward to reading through all the prescriptivist entries to see what sort of language use people were fretting about over a century ago.

(I particularly love the entry for “dearest”, which made me laugh out loud.)

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Dearest. Do not begin a letter "My dearest John," unless he is the dearest of three or more Johns with whom you are acquainted.

Deceiving should not be used in place of
trying to deceive. It is when we do not suspect
deception that we are deceived. "He is deceiving me" should read " He is trying to deceive me."

Deprecate means to endeavor to avert
by prayer, and so should not be used in the
sense of disapprove, censure, or condemn. Do
not say, "He deprecates the whole proceeding."

Desperately. Do not say, "He was desperately wounded, but "badly wounded." — Dearest. Do not begin a letter "My dearest John," unless he is the dearest of three or more Johns with whom you are acquainted. Deceiving should not be used in place of trying to deceive. It is when we do not suspect deception that we are deceived. "He is deceiving me" should read " He is trying to deceive me." Deprecate means to endeavor to avert by prayer, and so should not be used in the sense of disapprove, censure, or condemn. Do not say, "He deprecates the whole proceeding." Desperately. Do not say, "He was desperately wounded, but "badly wounded."