Post by Whisker on May 15, 2013 15:58:15 GMT -1
'Teenage', 'mass media' and 'wimp': The words we owe to 'The Great Gatsby'
.. and see 1st Trailer: link
I would have thought the use of "wicked" was much more modern.
Anything with Leonardo Di Caprio in it attracts me like a moth to a candle!
'Wicked', 't-shirt', 'teenagers' and 'mass media' are phrases not from the Nineties or the Swinging Sixties but the Roaring Twenties, researchers have found.
The words found their way into modern language thanks to the lasting influence of the jazz age on 1920s America.
The hedonistic era famous for its consumption of alcohol, parties and money is back in back fashion thanks to the release this week of Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's novel 'The Great Gatsby'.
The words found their way into modern language thanks to the lasting influence of the jazz age on 1920s America.
The hedonistic era famous for its consumption of alcohol, parties and money is back in back fashion thanks to the release this week of Baz Luhrmann's adaptation of F Scott Fitzgerald's novel 'The Great Gatsby'.
.. and see 1st Trailer: linkI would have thought the use of "wicked" was much more modern.
Anything with Leonardo Di Caprio in it attracts me like a moth to a candle!
