10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GENTEELISM»
Discover the use of
genteelism in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
genteelism and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Silent Film and the Triumph of the American Myth
H. W. Fowler, for example, stipulates a definition of genteelism in this way: "By
gen- teelism is here to be understood the substituting, for the ordinary natural
word that first suggests itself to the mind, of a synonym that is thought to be less
soiled ...
Paula Marantz Cohen Professor of Humanities Drexel University, 2001
2
Quite Literally: Problem Words and How to Use Them
Other examples are bosom for breast(s), expectorate for spit, odour for smell and
soil for dirty. Toilet, which used to be a genteelism for lavatory, is now generally
accepted. geriatric is the adjective from geriatrics, medical care of old A-Z 125.
3
Pocket Fowler's Modern English Usage
genealogy | genteelism lead to awkwardness in a sentence in which the problem
recurs, typically causing the writer to resort finally to convenience at the expense
of inconsistency: I cannot urge this bargain version too stronglyon anyone who ...
4
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage: The Classic First Edition
The mealy-mouthed American must be by this time harder put to it with
expectorate than the mealy-mouthed Englishman with spit; his genteelism has
outgrown its gentility & become itself the plain rude word for the rude thing ; it
must be ...
H. W. Fowler, David Crystal, 2009
5
Effective Writing Skills for Public Relations
... some as less familiar, less vulgar, less improper or less apt is defined by
Fowler as a genteelism. For instance, assist for help, ale for beer, endeavour for
try, odour for smell are all genteelisms, along with ladies for women and
gentlemen for ...
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Scott Foresman literature and integrated studies
They spoke an exaggerated English of their own called genteelism. The first and
most important rule of genteelism was to avoid the common word and use
instead a learned, bookish synonym. The advocates of genteelism did not begin
a ...
Alan Carroll Purves, Carlos E. Cortés, Scott, Foresman and Company, 1997
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Joycean Unions: Post-Millennial Essays from East to West
4 See Winston Churchill, The Second World War (London: Cassell, 1951), p. 217.
5 Elinor Glyn, Sooner or Later (London: Rich & Cowan, 1933), p. 82, 233. For an
example of “Genteelism”, see the list under “'Eumaeus' and Modern English ...
R. Brandon Kershner, Tekla Mecsnóber Tekla Mecsnóber, 2013
8
Who Needs Greek?: Contests in the Cultural History of Hellenism
'7fi His entry on 'Genteelism' shows his socio-linguistics at its most scornful.'79 (
Immediately above on the same page, his entrance on 'genteel' reads: 'Genteel:
is now used, except by the ignorant, only in mockery.') With a wonderfully self- ...
9
Aspects of Modernism: Studies in Honour of Max Nänny
It was ridiculous, they felt, to cling to a Genteelism fostering an escapist art while
being confronted with an American civilization dominated by a heartless
materialism and an uncritical belief in technological progress. The attitude of the
...
Andreas Fischer, Martin Heusser, Thomas Herrmann, 1997
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A Dictionary of Catch Phrases
P.B.: both of these seemtome to be not so much c.pp. as sheer
commonsensicalmaxims. neverletit besaid wasorig. alowerclass genteelism, and
as such it wasused by W.L.George in TheMaking of an Englishman, 1914: C20.
By c. 1920, it had ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GENTEELISM»
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This is a genteelism for sexual prowess. There's no suggestion that gambling or anything improper is underway at Sri's wide-open warung on ... «Jakarta Post, Apr 15»
Castle 7×13 Recap & Review: The Mary Poppins Method
... so that she can spend more time with Castle and then “take a nap” with him – which has to be the cutest genteelism for sex I've ever heard. «Gossip and Gab, Feb 15»
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On the eve of textspeak and online chatois, the 'Likely Lads' fused Artful Dodger jest and arch genteelism to paint an appealing universe in ... «Drowned In Sound, Jul 14»
Nicolas Anelka, Dieudonné and why la quenelle can never be …
The presence of a 'rabbi' on this poster should leave little doubt as to whether 'anti-zionism' could be taken as a genteelism, if that's the word, ... «Mirror.co.uk, Feb 14»
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He will eventually shed this genteelism, while still struggling with his duel nature. From his poem A Far Cry From Africa: “I who am poisoned ... «Daily Beast, Jan 14»
The Magnificently Mutilated Ambersons
The shot, the scene, the entire mise-en-scene embodies the tension of 19th century genteelism giving way to a new kind of 20th century ... «PopMatters, Dec 13»
The Shaman Will See You Now
Bwiti practitioners in Gabon have a genteelism for taking iboga. They call it "breaking open the head." There's a side effect, though. Beyond ... «Village Voice, Nov 13»
The Great Kindle Fire
... especially to someone from the rural Midwest, where “facility” is usually employed as a genteelism for “bathroom.” The Place is more like a territorial division. «American Spectator, Sep 13»
Book Review - A gritty saga of the Caymans hits mark
... intelligence and pride of the so-called natives are embodied in Wilfred Conrad McFarlane, who, despite his genteelism and UK academic ... «Jamaica Gleaner, Jul 13»
If I can't say thank you to my fiancée, I'm lost for words
The theory on Inky Fool was that, like other French borrowings such as “serviette”, “fiancée” carries “a whiff of genteelism”. On that score, I'm ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 13»
