genteelisms

By far the brainiest of the Seven Sisters — cussed, straight-backed, high-minded, and feminist (its students, so the wags said, preferred the Ph.D. to the Mrs.) — Bryn Mawr was probably the least likely college that Betty Draper, given to such non-U genteelisms as “passed away,” would have attended.

Mad About Mad Men 2009

By far the brainiest of the Seven Sisters — cussed, straight-backed, high-minded, and feminist (its students, so the wags said, preferred the Ph.D. to the Mrs.) — Bryn Mawr was probably the least likely college that Betty Draper, given to such non-U genteelisms as “passed away,” would have attended.

Mad About Mad Men 2009

By far the brainiest of the Seven Sisters — cussed, straight-backed, high-minded, and feminist (its students, so the wags said, preferred the Ph.D. to the Mrs.) — Bryn Mawr was probably the least likely college that Betty Draper, given to such non-U genteelisms as “passed away,” would have attended.

Mad About Mad Men 2009

Note the jumble of language levels, the artsy compound adjective thrown in with profanity and genteelisms.

A Bright Shining Lie 2007

Note the jumble of language levels, the artsy compound adjective thrown in with profanity and genteelisms.

A Bright Shining Lie 2007

—Bryn Mawr was probably the least likely college that Betty Draper, given to such non-U genteelisms as “passed away,” would have attended.

Thursday Night Links « Gerry Canavan 2009

Strictly speaking, genteelisms and euphemisms may not be part of the phenomenon pointed to in Shroat's letter, but the connotational problems they create are closely related to it, especially for foreigners.

VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol VII No 2 1980

The story, which ran in the New York Evening Telegram, is almost comic in it’s old-fashionedness, with its mix of 19th Century genteelisms, tried and true journalistic cliches, the obviously doctored quotes --- although I’m sure as an actress Marion was adept at speaking in character offstage as well as on --- and the mustache-twirling salaciousness.

From Bohemia to the battlefields and back again, our dainty heroine describes her adventures 2010

The story, which ran in the New York Evening Telegram, is almost comic in it’s old-fashionedness, with its mix of 19th Century genteelisms, tried and true journalistic cliches, the obviously doctored quotes --- although I’m sure as an actress Marion was adept at speaking in character offstage as well as on --- and the mustache-twirling salaciousness.

Lance Mannion: 2010