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| #1657537 in Books | Princeton Architectural Press | 2003-12-18 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 6.80 x.40 x4.90l,.27 | File type: PDF | 48 pages | ||6 of 6 people found the following review helpful.| Estuary English is Fascinating|By Seachranaiche|What a gem of a book! Who would have know that a topic as esoteric as the 19th century English of eastern American coastal marshes could be so interesting, and that such a small book could deliver so much information? One learns the correct usage of the word "creek", the difference between a "gutter" and a "guzzle", the etymology||"Provides readers with thought-provoking insights to our language and leaves them with the unanswered question: How can we accurately and usefully describe a landscape which lacks modern-day vocabulary?" - Underwater Naturalist|Abo
Shallow Water Dictionary is both a celebration of the richness of our vernacular language and a lament on its passing – and with it, the passing of the words we need to understand our shallow water regions, once the primary landscape of America and now facing extinction, both physical and linguistic. This small book is an intriguing and valuable addition to our knowledge of a changing landscape. Literary, etymological, historical, and vernacular investigations ...
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