| Evidence: | 'Talking of slang, the Tommies' name for England is "Blighty". This puzzled me for a bit, till I remembered one of Kipling's stories in which [italics]"Belait"[end italics] occurs as a Hindustanee word for Europe. I suppose they brought it from India.' |
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| Century: | 1900-1945 | ||||||||||
| Date: | 26 Jan 1915 | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Douglas Herbert Bell |
| Age | Adult (18-100+) |
| Gender | Male |
| Date of Birth | 11 May 1890 |
| Socio-economic group: | Professional / academic / merchant / farmer |
| Occupation: | Lance Corporal, London Rifle Brigade; bank employee |
| Religion: | n/a |
| Country of origin: | England |
| Country of experience: | n/a |
| Listeners present if any: (e.g. family, servants,
friends, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Rudyard Kipling |
| Title: | n/a |
| Genre: | Fiction |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 30207 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | Douglas Herbert Bell | |
| Editor: | Henry Williamson | |
| Title: | A Soldier's Diary of the Great War | |
| Place of Publication: | London | |
| Date of Publication: | 1929 | |
| Vol: | n/a | |
| Page: | 92 | |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Citation: | Douglas Herbert Bell, Henry Williamson (ed.), A Soldier's Diary of the Great War (London, 1929), p. 92, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=30207, accessed: 18 April 2024 | |
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