Daniel Cassidy

Daniel Cassidy (1943 – October 11, 2008) was an American writer, filmmaker, musician, and academic. He is known for his 2007 book How the Irish Invented Slang in which he suggests that many American slang words are of Irish origin. He was the son of a Navy chief petty officer. their influence on English would mainly be found in lower-status or colloquial slang expressions, leading them to be overlooked by mainstream dictionaries. and wishful thinking. The book relies almost entirely on phonetic similarity,

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Documentary films Civil Rights and Civil Wrongs