Further Resources

[Trellin]

I just wanted to create a topic for general resources for the time period. Some of the ones I've found useful currently and in the past.

http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/proper.html broken link

http://www.tlucretius.net/Sophie/Castle/victorian_slang.html broken link

http://www.victorianstation.com/  - This one is annoyingly busy but has some useful information if you can put up with the visual noise. broken link

http://www.victorianweb.org/index.html

[Trellin]

American slang in the Victorian era

http://www.rugglesrag.com/lookout/OLD-LOOKOUT-DO-NOT-USE/a_19th_century_slang_dictionary.htm broken link

[Maxx]

That last link doesn't work.

[Trellin]

Thats weird. I just clicked on it and it opened immediately for me. I even purged the browser cache to make sure it wasn't pulling up an old copy. Anyone else having problems with it?

[Trellin]

And since it seems to be a common theme thus far, you might be interested in this link for American and British carny and circus slang.

http://www.goodmagic.com/carny/