Regency Slang Quiz # 2 ANSWERS AND WINNERS

by Emily May


Thanks everyone who had a go at the Regency Slang Quiz -- I hope you had fun! The correct answers are:

A CACKLING FART is an egg

An ETERNITY BOX is a coffin

A FANCY MAN is a man kept by a lady for secret services

To be GLIMFLASHY is to be angry or in a passion

A STAR GAZER is a whore who plies her trade outdoors


I've decided to give away TWO copies of the Summer Blockbuster.

One to the person got them ALL correct -- KIM COLBY!

The second winner was randomly drawn from all entries and is -- JO GILLESPIE!

Can Kim and Jo please email me at worldaroundthecorner(at)gmail(dot)com with their postal addresses?

Thanks everyone for taking part! Merry Christmas all!


(And on the theme of Historical Romances and Christmas Giveaways, the Harlequin Mills & Boon Historical authors are running an advent giveway, with daily prizes of books/book vouchers/chocolate, plus a Grand Prize of a Kindle 3G. Find out more on my website, at http://www.emily-may.com/advent.html.)

Regency Slang Quiz #2

by Emily May



Reading: Cryoburn by Lois McMaster Bujold

Watching: Glee

Listening to: Salmonella Dub

Making me smile: The baby wax-eyes at my bird feeder



To celebrate the Australian/New Zealand release of my third Regency Romance this month, I'm giving away a copy! The Unmasking of a Lady is on the shelves now as part of the Mills & Boon Summer Blockbuster, a 4-volume book that contains a Desire, a Sweet, a Sexy, and a Regency!



To be in to win, simply have a go at the Regency Slang Quiz below (leave your answers in the comments). If you don't know the answers, just guess -- everyone who enters will go in the draw! (The words are taken from the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose.)






1. A CACKLING FART is:
a) an old lady with wind
b) a hen
c) an egg


An ETERNITY BOX is:
a) a jewellery box
b) a coffin
c) a safe

2. A FANCY MAN is a:
a) pickpocket
b) dandy
c) a man kept by a lady for secret services

3. To be GLIMFLASHY is to:
a) be angry or in a passion
b) be dressed gaudily
c) throw your money around

4. A STAR GAZER is:
a) an astronomer
b) a daydreamer
c) a whore who plies her trade outdoors

The winner will be drawn randomly on Tuesday 7th December and their name posted here. Good Luck!

Note: several of the definitions can be found on my Facebook page

A vulgar tongue!

by Emily May


Reading: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue

Listening to: Fat Freddy's Drop

Watching: Midsomer Murders

Making me smile: The trees are in blossom!



Hi everyone! My second Regency romance Beauty and the Scarred Hero is out in Australia and New Zealand in October, and to celebrate, I'm giving away a copy of the book!


The beauty is Lady Isabella Knox; the scarred hero is Major Nicholas Reynolds (or The Ogre, as Society has taken to calling him). There's a runaway bride, stray kittens, a risqué masquerade ball, and much more!


(For excerpts and behind-the-scenes info, visit the Beauty and the Scarred Hero page on my website.)



To be in to win a copy, have a go at the Regency Slang quiz below and post your answers in the comments. The correct answers and the winner's name will be announced on Tuesday evening. (The words are taken from the 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.)


Regency Slang Quiz

An ‘abbess’ is:
-a very pious woman
-the mistress of a brothel
-a catholic

A person who is ‘betwattled’:
-looks like a turkey
-has their hair dressed very high on their head
-is surprised or confounded

To be in a ‘brown study’ is to:
-be lost in thought
-be drunk
-have a stomach ache

A 'bone box' is:
-the ribcage
-a person's mouth
-a coffin

To 'shoot the cat' is:
-to gossip
-to practise target shooting
-to vomit


Good Luck!