The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, October 14th, 2001
A Journey of Words Frederic Gomes Cassidy spent a lifetime traveling the byways of the nation's language Sunday, October 14, 2001 From offices high above the campus of the University of Wisconsin- Madison, Frederic Gomes Cassidy and his staff were building a monument out of words. Strange, wonderful words crossed the white-haired professor's desk on their way into the colossal Dictionary of American Regional English. "Farzino," a Northeastern simplification of "as far as I know." "Lazy daisy pickles," an expression found in California and Oregon for a type of pickle requiring little effo...
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