Regency Reader Questions: Rubber and Emma
Regency Reader Question I was reading Emma (Jane Austen), and I stumbled upon the word rubber… but it doesn’t seem to mean the material rubber Continue
Regency Reader Question I was reading Emma (Jane Austen), and I stumbled upon the word rubber… but it doesn’t seem to mean the material rubber Continue
Looking for just the right word to describe a punch, smack or hit that happened in the early 19th century? Here is a collection of Continue
Regency Reader Question Would a member of the Aristocracy refer to their own baseborn child as a bastard? Or is that too modern? Would they Continue
The Flash Dictionary,1821 I have seen a romance author or two reference this, and honestly I think at the time I probably thought they meant Continue