Slang in America Waur Warrwaxs ‘Wah Wiran [1819-1492] was bom on lang land in New Yor. Ho woe (So teacne, arity and a uta fre ming Hi mame 0 poo. Krom idly fr he fon we on wl ous domocrae prt When sono he Tro ieniclpoos inthe Engh anguaae. Memoir wore laces of Grom {155, Amora he lanes poor rom tt cobocton ee “Facing We Fom Cb. Homies Shara,” *Crosng Broo arty.” ond "When lcs Li the Doce trod loon bout Abrokor Great. Whinan’s soy “Sor it Ameri vex Fest publihed a 1885 in he Noch Anevcan Reve ode colada a Noe [er Bough (1488), ovelume of Wan’ preso and post. lew ety the gh language he ceton ana growth of Veet, nd tng of ie and bole fe and compacted compotion a all om tht ptt fi, sande or Langaneia he rg Sle ands aly he ett of ads enseler 9 moc nde ned absorbet coins and congo The ape ois etmologie he Spe tony ofan and ceston bot the hty of Nr al dear Irene tv ong Uae baught o ntl compet [Road the tncgound Then words bse ili and tan fring as they unr snd wom come td nthe mind tht eterno ‘Mardy ith Sig pap and open Sung, poo) clr he i germs deen, Below al worn Sees nd behind el porta poss cea pee ma oad pretation in gph 5 te ated Striker yr lot rious posettn=—the gang they a wrte- om the O18 Ved, Spar and ont of alts low yl roa ne ee Fn fries tee om nen Donner hen ome migiy potentiate eae sana of ae Seerets «peso ton fies cw nhs postion thee anda sparta slt remo Such sang rai {han stempt of common humanity tsp mb ren ond xpos {ina whch in igher wake proto: pocts an poor oss EEpre hod limes pe thestartos pete the hl rms tno {heold mois Focus os ima appseits eth ee imps spore tc ng angie the wktne emer eco oltre proce cal ce lngeage by wich ethan pet he mtofbehing — nie ‘8eown up. mostly to pas aay; though occasionally to ste and permanently chyrallie, "Fo makeit plains tis certain that many ofthe oldest and slides words we se, were orginally generated from the daring and license of sang In the peo ‘ses of worl-ormation, myriads de, bu here and there the ate aac ‘operior meanings, becomes valuable and indspensble and lives forever Thus ‘he tem righ means Ltecally only suaight. Wrong primarily meant twisted, di tore Inerin meant oneness. Spire meant breath, or flame. superiliou pr son was one who ras hiseyebrows. To sur wastoleap agains Ifyou iflunc 4 man, ou bute’ nto btm, The Hibree word which ie ranlate pry rmean to bubble up and pour forth as fountain. The enthsist bubbler up with the pint of God within him, and st pours forth from him lke» fosntain. The vod prophecy misunderstood. Many suppose tha it islimited tomer predic ‘op; that isbut te leser portion of prophecy. The greater workis wo revel Goe rer tru religions enthusiast is prophet ‘Langoape, eit remember isnot an chtract construction ofthe earl ot of dcionary-sakers, buts something arising out ofthe work, neds es rs ‘fectons, es of long generations of humanity and hast bates broad and Tow lve tothe ground, sina decisions ae made bythe masts, people netest the concrete, having most to do with acta land an ea, ipermestes all the Pastas wel a the Present, and isthe grandes triumph ofthe human intel. “Those mighy works of at says Addington Syrond, which we cll languages, inthe constuction of which whole peoples unconsciously co-operated the forms whic were determi not by individual enn bt by the istines of succes sve generation, acting to one end inherent inthe mature ofthe race—Those poems of pare thought an fancy, cadenced notin words, but in ving imager, {oanainheads of inspiration, mirrors ofthe mind of nascent nations, whieh we ‘allMythologies— chee surely are more marvelous in thei infzntine spontane= itythan any more mature production of the races which evoh’d them. Yet we are tery ignorant their embryology the ue senceof Origins set initscrade® Dang ar itis to sys, inthe growth of Language ite eran hat the eto spec of dang from the sat woul be the rcling fom thet neblous cond ‘ons ofall hat posi inthe stores of human wttermnce Moreover thehonest Alving, tof ate years, bythe German apd Bish workers in comparative pi Jetogy he pies tnd disper many ofthe fate bubbles of etaie and ll theslattea singe point or severl points Esplin what pints) youbdiee they sopport. 4. Whitopaion of Amesicanhusnorits does Whitman py paragraph 12 Ds youthink tht expressing thisow undercuts his esa or tegihens i” Eels yourrespnse 49, How wuld you desrbe the overall one ofthis essayt How des the Sis pa raph ncading the metaphors costae the one? 10, Hoo does this say eet Whitais poety a ters of tye andor conte ‘yo ae familia with is wook select your own examples i you ae po yor right cone Song of Mpwl” reven the hor per "Mnabata” 11, Apply theflowingdeiiton of slang rom Whitman's cy fo cxamples tt youkaow om your om experince or "an atempof enon any to escape fom bald tera, and expres ia ilimitaly, whieh in hight ‘walle produces poets an poems "(pa 2) 12, Aoge creat ey by Tom Dale an expert on American dag, examines tt Samper of young people om ts devwopment ‘tee our, yout sang ina ce element of youth clr a aden = ture essance nen emblem of eis ie. usion wa ae sys ae oe ‘ey maifestions of «gestation ey bat they cn be ea euate lt ores. Wi oni and language, elton and retin est ‘now del Boos the mor gan and spree eens by aul ents ‘tmp eae sang nd monet is an ses ‘Sspport, challenge, or qual his view with evidence om your own genetce for another with which You ae fat,