Daniel Cassidy, of New College, discusses the impact of Irish words on modern day American vernacularOctober 19th, Thursday, 7pm
 Linguists generally hold that relatively few Irish words have been absorbed into standard English. Daniel Cassidy, founder and co-director of New College’s Irish Studies Program in San Francisco argues otherwise based on his research for a new book entitled The Secret Language of the Crossroad: How the Irish Invented Slang which will be published in early 2007. Cassidy will make the case that Irish words and phrases are scattered all across American language, regional and class dialects, colloquialism, slang, and specialized jargons like gambling.
Free admission to Members of Glucksman Ireland House and to all students/faculty with a valid NYU I.D. card. For all others: $10 admission charge at the door for regular event series.
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