| Show MODERN MAKERS OF LIVI LIVE gi SLANG ten writers get credit for enriching language wilfred J funk knows words lie ought to because he it e publishes dictionaries tion tIo aries narles and writes poetry highly dissimilar occupations but both dealing in words so lio lie may properly qu qualify alary its as an expert on slang one feels that lie he Is it a bit too exclusive clu sive however in crowning only ten americans its as the fathers of modern slang blang or the argot of contemporary Anier americana leana it you itt give your slang a highbrow highbrown high brow labo la Is said in III no disparagement of oe the magnificent audacity with which the ten lie ito mentions mention have cora com lifted mayhem inay livin on oil innocent english tho ten silverman Sll verman 11 II L Ale ricken ami T A dorgan walter alln la chell hugs baer ring lardner Lard nCr damon man delett burgess george ado and gene buck ciuck nio are leaders le adera no nd doubt in III the creation of the new and startling jarg jargon on but their task Is 13 shared by thousands of f others mostly anonymous who dally are coining new lan language gnage and puts put ting it if into circulation the chances chance are ard that the most popular and enduring examples of slang should they be traced to their arth by a careful scholar could not be given a definite paternity like topsy they just grow grew not a few of them grew on the sport page biages of american newspapers IVi the verb to merkle or to pull a markle which arose nrose from fros an ii unfortunate it but spectacular incident kinchle t in a certain world series of 20 years go and long eforo before the modern ainer lean can corf page bloomed to its ita present flower of lingual license slang was being built in tile same manner mander artemus ward orpheus 0 kerr and petroleum V r nasby were doing it half it a century or fornore anore ago anabe and before them evere rero other generah generations of slang founders sonic some of them attained bained a bit of famo fame in III their day most of them ore forgotten long ago the also began bega it to lecog adze that slang blang Is good Trig liall in III the making they poo the strictures of the purists and hair r splitters plit much ex slang Is now in tile the dictionaries frequently without the patronizing label of colloquial happily all slang does not make the grade gradet of good or accepted english frequently it Is not apt and falls falla of its own weight good sang nang and we w maintain that tile tho Is valid should bo be illuminating a detour to dwter clarity along the tedious highways ot of language As such auch it merits a permanent place in the languages rind it it 1 h s good ello enough 11 gh it will it attain tt aln it cle eland plain denier |
