Comments on: Heroes of Slang 18: Eric Partridge http://thedabbler.co.uk/2012/11/heroes-of-slang-18-eric-partridge/ A Culture Blog Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:33:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: George http://thedabbler.co.uk/2012/11/heroes-of-slang-18-eric-partridge/#comment-34124 George Fri, 09 Nov 2012 02:56:15 +0000 http://thedabbler.co.uk/?p=28289#comment-34124 I have his edition of Grose, and once had his dictionary of cliches, or perhaps it was catchphrases. And I once had his book on punctuation, You Have a Point There, which has always seemed adequate reason not to get a copy of Eats, Shoots, and Leaves.

I remember that Raymond Chandler had criticisms of some of Partridge’s work on American slang.

]]> By: Worm http://thedabbler.co.uk/2012/11/heroes-of-slang-18-eric-partridge/#comment-34095 Worm Thu, 08 Nov 2012 16:54:00 +0000 http://thedabbler.co.uk/?p=28289#comment-34095 “A Dictionary of the Underworld” – what a terrific book title! And interesting dichotomy between being a slang lexicographer with an impassioned eye versus one with humour and quirks and readability….

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