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...works hard at being a radio teacher of English, which he interlards with American slang dating back to the '20s. "You bet your life!" a Hirakawa-trained Japa-nese will cry, and "Atta girl!" and "Boy oh boy!" Nicknamed "Uncle Come-Come" because the theme song of his weekday program is an adaptation of the old Japanese children's song Come, Come, Everybody, Joe teaches his listeners about 30 new words each show. He uses short dialogues that have such everyday applications as giving road directions to a stranger or shopping in a department store. Every Friday...
...than in the sheltered "order and perfection" of his father's court. With good grace the Prince performed the required round of royal ceremonials, but he had more fun flying in his own plane, riding in steeplechases, and cultivating a taste for bathtub gin, American slang and the Black Bottom. Young David, as he was and still is called by his intimates, further distressed George V (whose letters to the Prince were signed "yr. devoted Papa") by his determination "under no circumstances to contract a loveless marriage...
Tunesmith Merrill, 28, the son of a Philadelphia candy manufacturer, has an easy recipe for cooking up a song. Several years ago he began filling notebooks with catch phrases, slang and cliches ("Cliches make the best songs; I put down every one I can find"). Last April, with three notebooks full, he went to Veteran Songwriter Al (Mairzy Doats) Hoffman, who chose Baked a Cake as the most promising title, helped Merrill whip up the words & music in a couple of hours. The lyrics asked very little of the U.S. mind. Sample...
...response to a query as to whether our overseas readers would like a dictionary of the American slang appearing in TIME, Reader J. H. Bassett of Mitcham, Surrey, England, wrote...
...given her a screen test. And how did La Voodoo like Hollywood? "Ect is so complex, so hectic. But zee country ees so beautiful." What interested her most in the States? She looked around for her manager who had gone off in the corner with the buyers. American slang was the answer; she spoke English well, but these quaint expressions--they confused her. Someone in the little group noticed she was without a drink. "Would you like a shot of something, Stella?" Only orange juice, she said. The circle laughed. La Voodoo looked puzzled...