rowdy_tanner: EC in 18th century clothing (gheyerA)
rowdy_tanner ([personal profile] rowdy_tanner) wrote in [community profile] georgette_heyer2012-05-24 09:04 am
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Regency Slang

This little site has a useful glossary.

http://www.candicehern.com/bookshelf/glossary.htm

Come on you know you always wondered what a "tiger" was!
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[personal profile] liviapenn 2012-05-24 02:12 pm (UTC)(link)

I don't know about you guys, but I preferred to imagine that in the Regency era, everyone owned a small talking tiger... :)
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[personal profile] rowdy_tanner 2012-05-24 07:32 pm (UTC)(link)
:D I want one!
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[personal profile] pensnest 2012-05-24 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
I was fascinated by the post chaise + postilions set-up, as I had never before realised that there was no driver!
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[personal profile] rowdy_tanner 2012-05-24 07:38 pm (UTC)(link)
Now I know why every traveller's phrasebook included, "My postillion has been struck by lightning" in various languages!
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