***** 5 stars Nancy H. Dickson (Garrett Park, Maryland) This book–I Love It When You Talk Retro: Hoochie Coochie, Double Whammy, Drop a Dime, and the Forgotten Origins of American Speech–is an absolute hoot for anyone with a fascination for the American Language and/or Popular Culture. For many of us it evokes a rich pre-Internet, …
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Amazon Customer Review: Not just for Wordies
***** 5 stars P. Offen (San Diego) When our daughter-in-law’s parents turned 60 last December, my husband and I sent them a box of memorabilia from our common youth containing a “Don’t Trust Anyone over 30” button, a “Make Love Not War” mug (with peace symbol), a “Groovy Chick” T-shirt, the Sunset Book of Macrame …
Amazon Customer Review: An E Ticket Ride!
***** 5 stars Gilah Pomeranz (Yellow Springs, OH) Ralph Keyes has a way of defying classification with his books that are a conglomeration of education, inspiration, and entertainment. In I Love It When You Talk Retro, Keyes is at his best, providing a fresh perspective on old jargon. Whether you’re a language lover, a movie …
Amazon Customer Review: More on words from a writer's writer
**** 4 stars Virgil Hervey (Ohio) Ralph Keyes is more than a writer; he has fashioned himself into an expert on the origins of expressions used in everyday American speech. I Love It When You Talk Retro is a resource work, complete with notes, bibliography and an index, that can be breezed through with the …
Amazon Customer Review: Great resource
**** 4 stars By Anyechka (Rensselaer, NY United States) (TOP 500 REVIEWER) I couldn’t stop reading this book because it was so packed with wonderful words and expressions, many of which I had never even heard of. As I read the introduction, I couldn’t believe that so many young people entering college today have, for …