Well, right. The prices are in dollars, and the address is 22nd Street. I’m pretty sure Jolly Old London doesn’t have a 22nd Street. But since no one claims anywhere that it’s a British brothel, I’m not sure why this is even an issue.
The people who are saying it’s fake need to explain themselves. Modern language? What parts, exactly?
Credit existed, even if credit cards didn’t.
This blog posted two years earlier claims its from a brothel in New Orelans. However, this other etymology website says “jack” wasn’t a slang term for masturbation until 1916. So either they got the date wrong or it’s a fake.
One rule of snooker is that you must have at least one foot on the ground when striking a ball, i.e., you can’t climb onto the table.
Not exactly. The website says it’s “attested from 1916,” meaning probably that they have a written cite from then. That’s not like saying the term suddenly sprung up in 1916. It almost certainly would have existed for a while before it showed up in print.
Mrs. F. A. Tasse, huh? :dubious:
Cuz Pinkey is one hell of a gal.
She’s business partners with one Penny Tration, I think.
I don’t get the joke or whatever behind “F. A. Tasse”, please explain.
Somewhere in “Homage to Qwertyuiop,” Anthony Burgess has an essay on British prostitue slang, none of which is seen in the OP’s link. I wonder it the menu was written on spec and submitted to “Deadwood.”
Hint: remove the periods and spaces, and put a new space between the capitalized and uncapitalized letters.
Anyway, the language feels very modern to me. Makes me wish that Google had an automated tool to parse an historical document and report on the first attested use of all relevant phrases. Because I suspect about 80-90% of this one’s would be well after 1910.
While it would be irresponsible to speculate before all the facts are in, all the evidence so far leads us to believe it’s GUILT-- that is – FAKE! FAKE! FAKE!
That’s the first thing I noticed, too, in addition to the contemporary language.
The font’s kerning and line spacing are perfect. Find any other printing from that time, and see how well the printing is laid out in comparison.
Shit, I knew it would be stupidly obvious once it was explained to me.
Thanks.
This is such obvious BS I can’t believe anyone is actually debating it. It’s amusing, but clearly a modern fabrication.
The first time I saw this (years ago) someone went point by point as to why it was obviously fake. I’ll try to find it…
I have in front of me Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great, by Elbert Hubbard, printed in 1916. The line spacing is undeviatingly regular. As to the kerning, I’m not sure what you’re getting at. Can you give me an example of how it should be imperfect in a printed text of that period?
“Diddling on the edge of the bed, with one foot on the floor”. What is the purpose of specifying that one foot has to be on the floor? I assume it would be extra if you lie down, but why?
And I’m darned if I am going to cough up two bucks just to find out.
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Shodan
What’s the deal with the cat & fiddle logo?
My guess is that this came out of some “gent’s” pulp from the mid-20th century and purported to be transcribed from a “sporting blue book” (a vice-centered tourist guide distributed by cab drivers and bellhops). The printing is too nice to be straight from a blue book, but looks about right for a pulp mag.
Back to the cat & fiddle logo, I suspect an expert in old wank mags could match it to a particular publication.
I’ve got his Mintage from 1910, that shows Hubbard was a meticulous craftsman (too bad he wasn’t as good a swimmer). But most printing of that era wasn’t to that standard.