It was trendy stuff - as in "getting geared up in Carnaby Street" in around 1966. These people weren't all that trendy, but they would be taking off their office tie and shirt, and putting on another shirt with kipper or cravat or no tie at all. All the same, I think that AF made up a lot of the slang stuff in the Thuggery, and I've always assumed that it was deliberate, to avoid specific dating. I see what you mean about the Marlows not being "cool" at home, but aren't all young people "bilingual", depending whose company they are in?
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Date: 2008-06-27 02:44 pm (UTC)All the same, I think that AF made up a lot of the slang stuff in the Thuggery, and I've always assumed that it was deliberate, to avoid specific dating.
I see what you mean about the Marlows not being "cool" at home, but aren't all young people "bilingual", depending whose company they are in?