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    Pulp Slang

    Obviously the new PH is going to have a section on the slang and colloquialisms of the period, just like JI did. After all, using the slang is just plain fun.

    Question: has anyone out there entered the slang from JI into a word processing program? If they have, I'd be interested in receiving a copy, since it would save me a helluva lot of retyping. I've already checked with Aaron Allston, who informs me it was written on a typewriter, so getting it from the original authors isn't possible.

    Any help would be much appreciated! There's lots of work to do on the book, so any saved time can be put to other uses.
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    Re: Pulp Slang

    Tell you what, Steve. You get me a copy of the file of the the big Hudson City map that I can take to my local printer and I'll type up the slang list from JI as a word file over the weekend and send it to you by Monday morning?

    Whatta ya say, Pally?

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    Pulp Era Slang
    http://www.armlesstigerman.com/intro/pulp/slang.html

    'The Electric Eclectic' - Slang
    http://bloxword.ca/slang.htm

    Slang Dictionary
    http://www.slangsite.com/slang/I.html

    The Fedora Lounge - The Golden Era Slang Dictionary
    http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=636

    Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang
    http://www.maasmedia.net/seiten/hardboilglossar.html

    Pulp Slang
    http://www.stevebarr.com/cgi-bin/cgi...goto.pl?fspulp

    Fangsters
    http://www.labarc.com/Fangsters/

    How to Survive Being A Character In A Pulp Movie
    http://www.megaloceros.net/pulp.htm

    A Dictionary of Slang
    http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/bibliography.htm

    The Lester Dent Pulp Paper Master Fiction Plot
    http://www.paper-dragon.com/1939/dent.html

    Pulp and Adventure Heroes: Links
    http://www.geocities.com/jjnevins/pulpslinks.html

    Thrilling Adventures 10cents
    http://www.paratime.ca/d20/pulp/links.html

    Gangster Slang
    http://sginc31.narod.ru/humor/slang.htm

    Jazz Age Slang - A guide to the vernacular of the 20's and 30's. (Thanks PhantomNarrator)
    http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm

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    Re: Pulp Slang

    Quote Originally Posted by TheQuestionMan
    Ummm... yeah, I posted all the slang from JI, plus about ten words from other sources. You wants I should take it down?

    If you want, I'd be happy to scan the slang pages from JI and OCR it for you. Should I post it here or email it to you?
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    Re: Pulp Slang

    No, no, I didn't say a thing about anyone taking any pages down! I was just hoping someone had a text file of the JI slang to save me a little time. Copying from a website isn't nearly as efficient, but it's still quicker. If you have the text file already, or you don't mind taking the time to do that scan-and-email thing (to SteveL@herogames.com), that would be great.
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    Re: Pulp Slang

    Quote Originally Posted by Steve Long
    No, no, I didn't say a thing about anyone taking any pages down! I was just hoping someone had a text file of the JI slang to save me a little time. Copying from a website isn't nearly as efficient, but it's still quicker. If you have the text file already, or you don't mind taking the time to do that scan-and-email thing (to SteveL@herogames.com), that would be great.
    Let me know if something I just sent you by email works for you Steve.

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    Re: Pulp Slang

    Got it -- thanx!
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    Re: Pulp Slang

    To "Steve Long" Didn't the old "Justice Inc" game have a section on slang ?

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    Re: Pulp Slang

    Quote Originally Posted by st barbara
    To "Steve Long" Didn't the old "Justice Inc" game have a section on slang ?
    The "JI" he mentioned in his first post is Justice, Inc. He didn't have an electronic copy available.
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    Re: Pulp Slang

    Quote Originally Posted by TheQuestionMan
    Pulp Era Slang
    http://www.armlesstigerman.com/intro/pulp/slang.html

    'The Electric Eclectic' - Slang
    http://bloxword.ca/slang.htm

    Slang Dictionary
    http://www.slangsite.com/slang/I.html

    The Fedora Lounge - The Golden Era Slang Dictionary
    http://www.thefedoralounge.com/showthread.php?t=636

    Twists, Slugs and Roscoes: A Glossary of Hardboiled Slang
    [url]http://www.maasmedia.net/seiten/hardboilglossar.html]/url]

    Pulp Slang
    http://www.stevebarr.com/cgi-bin/cgi...goto.pl?fspulp

    Fangsters
    http://www.labarc.com/Fangsters/

    How to Survive Being A Character In A Pulp Movie
    http://www.megaloceros.net/pulp.htm

    A Dictionary of Slang
    http://www.peevish.co.uk/slang/bibliography.htm

    The Lester Dent Pulp Paper Master Fiction Plot
    http://www.paper-dragon.com/1939/dent.html

    Pulp and Adventure Heroes: Links
    http://www.geocities.com/jjnevins/pulpslinks.html

    Thrilling Adventures 10cents
    http://www.paratime.ca/d20/pulp/links.html

    Gangster Slang
    http://sginc31.narod.ru/humor/slang.htm



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    Re: Pulp Slang

    I noticed that the website had "Boonstick" instead of Boomstick. Typo?
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    Jazz Age Slang - A guide to the vernacular of the 20's and 30's. (Thanks PhantomNarrator)
    http://home.earthlink.net/~dlarkins/slang-pg.htm

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    To "Captai Obvious" Of course ! It should have been well obvious !

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