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MENCKEN GIVES 'AMERICAN' A FAIR SHAKE

First there was Webster, then Twain. But it took Mencken to celebrate how Americans really talk.

SPEAKING AMERICAN, BOOK-ISHThe AtticNovember 19, 2021H.L. Mencken, The American Language, American slang Comments

THE ATTIC READS. . . "THE PEOPLE'S TONGUE"

From “Who’s on First” to “A Hard Rain’s a’ Gonna Fall,” from “The Gettysburg Address” to “Green Eggs and Ham,” this delightful anthology lets you hear America talking.

SPEAKING AMERICAN, BOOK-ISHThe AtticNovember 19, 2021The People's Tongue, American English, The American Language, Ilan StavansComment