Slang around the world
- Date
1957
- Main contributor
National Educational Television
- Summary
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Presents members of the New York Herald Tribune World Forum and forum director Helen Hiett Waller. Teenagers from the Sudan, Israel, Ceylon, and Yugoslavia discuss American slang as an obstacle to the understanding of English and as a puzzlement and source of amusement to foreign visitors. The young people examine slang words and phrases in their own language.
- Contributors
New York Herald Tribune; WOR-TV; Helen Hiett Waller; Mahgoue Obeid Taha, Sudan; Daphne Rabinowitz, Israel; Jayantha Dhanapala, Ceylon; Mirka Misic, Yugoslavia
- Publisher
National Educational Television
- Genres
Educational; Talk; Youth
- Subjects
Cross-cultural studies; Language and languages; Slang
- Location
New York, NY
- Collection
National Educational Television
- Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
- Language
English
- Notes
Gift to the IUB Libraries from Instructional Support Services. 10/15/2020 M. Mitchell: This episode is the 4th episode of Series IV of The World We Want and the 42nd overall.
- Other Identifiers
IULMIA Film Database: 40000003090679; Other: GR00461774; MDPI Barcode: 40000003090679
Access Restrictions
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