Yankee Talk: A Dictionary of New England Expressions

by Robert Hendrickson

2002, hardcover reprint edition, Castle Books, NJ. 255 pages. Here is a collection of New England phrases and words, sure to be a lot to talk about. How Flapdoodle / Old Jeezer / He's so contrary he could float upstream / Mercy no! / and the prized Fire bloom. Lots of fun.

256 pages, Hardcover

First published May 1, 1996

Reviews

[Tom]

This is a pretty fun reference work, even though most of the slang it documents is obsolete. I really only noticed two errors: the author locates Northampton in Connecticut, and says Norwich is pronounced "Nore-Itch." In fact, we pronounce the 'w,' although people from Jewett City apparently don't. But, good Lord, that's a bizarre place anyway.

[Larry Taylor]

a must have for all new englanders and transplanted people who want to know how to speak and understand yankee