Review (PDF) Soldiers' Songs And Slang Of The Great War (General Military)
A celebration of cheerful determination in the face of appalling adversity Soldiers' Songs and Slang of the Great War reveals the bawdy and satiric sense of humour of the Tommy in the trenches. Published to coincide with the centenary of the First World War, this collection of rousing marching songs, cheering ditties, evocative sing-alongs and complete diction of soldiers' slang reveals the best of British and Allied humour of the period. Wonderfully illustrated with Punch cartoons, posters and the soldiers' own Wipers Times, this nostalgic book will not only delight but also give a real sense of daily life amidst the mud and blood of the trenches for American, Canadian, Australian and British soldiers.
File Size: 13864 KB
Print Length: 386 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1472804155
Publisher: Osprey Publishing; 1 edition (August 20, 2014)
Publication Date: August 20, 2014
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B01BY2ZW7I
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Not Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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This book is a delightful dictionary of the weird and wonderful words and songs used on the Western Front in World War I to describe the indescribable and to explain the bizarrely mundane. "Furphy" for a half-lie, "terrier crop" for an army haircut and "van blank" (vin blanc) are words too good not to keep using. Also told me that half the slang I had thought invented in and for my war in Vietnam was just a hangover from 50 years before! The songs and slang are a lot of fun but it is the front line misery from which they sprang - and which the songs and slang describe - that makes this a grimly touching collection.
Well written, well organized. Very helpful for "deciphering" jargon when reading WWI letters and magazines.
Received in fast time. Book as advertised. Thank you.
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