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Folklife Collection - Nice Talk - Unsual Language and Jokes at SSC

by Salisbury University Students (1977 – 1977)

1 folder (0.1 linear feet)

In 1977, Salisbury University Student Debbie Bulgreen collected local folk material, focusing on certain popular verbal and body languages as well as different interpretations of words and objects. Debbie Bulgreen interviewed her friends and peers. Her paper aims to break down the terms and jokes used by students such as "how back far are ya?" to refer to drunkenness and some other innuendos.

Associated Subjects: Folklife - Language
Identifier: FK77.005
Repository: Local History Archives
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