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Daniel Cassidy

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How the Irish Invented Slang by Daniel Cassidy

By Michael Patrick Brady

Those who have controlled words have had the power to shape the world around them, and to confer, seize, or retain the social status. This book, alas, doesn't harness that power. [18 October 2007]

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