A Wicked-Good Guide to Yankee Vernacular
by
John Gould
Language: English
Release Date: November 23, 2015
John Gould's family first settled in Maine in 1618, so by the time he came along in the early 20th century, the Gould's were well steeped in the vernacular of the region, and his first inheritance was the turned-around, honed-down, and tuned-up language of his farming neighbors who seldom strayed...