Transatlantic words and actions
Jun 24th, 2008 | By Ian Poulton | Category: Personal Columns“Is ‘trash’ an American word?”
“Yes,” I said.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes”.
Lines from Chapter 6 of Persuasion by Jane Austen were read aloud,
I hate sending the children to the Great House, though their grandmamma is always wanting to see them, for she humours and indulges them to such a degree, and gives them so much trash and sweet things, that they are sure to come back sick and cross for the rest of the day.
“Ah”, I said, “It was hardly an American import, then. The United States …