Boardwalk Empire Free Bonus Material: The Speakeasy Guide to Prohibition Era Slang – Extended Edition

This is a short 14 minute overview of Roaring Twenties slang. Yes I would recommend it.
I was amazed about how many terms we still use today and the background meaning for them.

Boardwalk Empire, Any F. Scott Fitzgerald or Dorothy Parker. Several authors are mentioned in this short essay. If you are interested in the 1920's era that by all means read the people who were writing at that time.

His inflection is great, and I enjoyed him.

No, it's funny not moving.

Who would have known that 23 skidoo and 86'd were addresses? Very interesting stuff.

I recently listened to Lair of the White Worm, narrated by Oliver Wyman, which is what brought me to Audible and I found he has over 100 books narrated under his name, at which time I perused some newer authors and narrators that sounded pretty awesome. I loved Wymans "dated" narration style as he explains the meanings of phrases used in its era and how these slangs are used in our generation. He brings the old timer to the stage, which makes this audio more authentic and fun to listen to, like grandpa or your great uncle reliving the way it used to be!

the narrator himself

he sounded as he he lived back in that time and was sharing his personal experience

how language has a 'style' all its own in every generation

Is this worth 1 credit? No. But if you get it for a deal give it a listen because it is only a few minutes long and quite informative as well as entertaining. You'll learn about expressions that are still in use and other forms of slang that aren't used as much.

Well, it's not really a book so that's hard to answer. It was okay bonus matierial - but not a must listen.

Well, it's only 15 minutes long. The authentic language I guess.

A good listen for a die-hard fan. It's free so you can't really complain much!

It was interesting to learn what words and phrases that are spoken today were also spoken or even originated about 90 years ago. The slang terms of that era were colorful and occasionally amusing. But the narrator spoke too fast for me with not enough of a pause that, in addition to my multi-tasking at the time, I found myself fighting not to tune out - and ended up not grasping about 50% of the 14 minute audio file. This is the type of material that I would prefer in print.

I grew up there on the east coast and this speaks to the New York in me

the authentic language

?? The ordinary parts of life are probably the best pictures to preserve??

I enjoy the Boardwalk Empire TV series, but I didn't see much value in this listen... some quirky oldschool terms explained briefly. I did not recognize too many of them from the series. It didn't enhance my viewing experience or anything. If you're obsessed with that epoch, perhaps you'll be entertained, otherwise you'll likely be bored with the corny jargon of the era. Glad it was free - still a waste of time tho.

This is a nice bonus. It isn't an 'addition' per se, as it doesn't lend anything to the work as a whole. Having said that, it's fun and informative. Of most interest to me were some of the words and phrases originating during that period which are still in use today (e.g., 'go to bed' with someone; he said/she said, and a surprising number of others).