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SIMON PURE [2 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 1991-10-10
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Neology and Linguistic Borrowing
Record 1, Main entry term, English
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A loud hearty laugh. 2, record 1, English, - yuk
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
In Lost in Yonkers Neil Simon has found himself. For all their popularity, his recent "autobiographical" trilogy-"Brighton Beach Memoirs", "Biloxi Blues", "Broadway Bound"-didn’t succeed in stitching Simon the Funny and Simon the Serious into a new creature, Simon the Pure. Too often he was dishing out one from column A and one from column B : have a laugh, have a tear. In his 27th play laughter and tears have come together in a new emotional truth. There are moments in this play when you experience a new kind of laughter for Simon, a silent laughter that doesn’t explode into a yuk but implodes straight into your heart. 1, record 1, English, - yuk
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
formation procedure: "yuk" is an onomatopoeia. The pronunciation of the word imitates the sound of laughter. 2, record 1, English, - yuk
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Néologie et emprunts
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- ha-ha bruyant
1, record 1, French, ha%2Dha%20bruyant
proposal, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 1976-06-19
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Translation
- Language Problems
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- simon pure 1, record 2, English, simon%20pure
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
the origin of the phrase is traced back to the play "A bold stroke for a wife" by Mrs Centlivre... Simon Pure a young Pennsylvania Quaker. 1, record 2, English, - simon%20pure
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Traduction
- Problèmes de langue
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- vertu méconnue 1, record 2, French, vertu%20m%C3%A9connue
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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