Tom Dalzell grew up outside Philadelphia, earned a BA from the University of Pennsylvania, and became a lawyer in California in 1976. He is a labor lawyer, union leader, and language writer and has written extensively on slang, most notably as the general editor of The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English (Routledge, 2005).
Tom Dalzell
Articles
“A Brilliant, Holistic Approach”: On Deborah Warren’s “Strange to Say: Etymology as Serious Entertainment”
Tom Dalzell gets to the root of Deborah Warren’s “Strange to Say: Etymology as Serious Entertainment.”
A Joyous Frolic: On Bryan A. Garner’s “Taming the Tongue”
Tom Dalzell thoroughly enjoys Bryan A. Garner’s latest book, “Taming the Tongue: In the Heyday of English Grammar (1711–1851).”
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