in trench journals here, here, here, here, here
of German culture here, here
‘sausages’ here, here, here
schoolboy French here, here
‘schweinhund’ here
‘scrap of paper’ here, here
self-control here, here, here, here, here, here
sentimental here, here, here, here, here
Serbia, name change from Servia here, here
sex here, here, here, here
shellshock here, here, here, here, here, here
shells, messages on here
shells, see nicknames
Shibboleth here
‘shirkers’ here, here
silence, veterans’ about the war here
‘slackers’ here, here
slang
abandoned post-war here, here, here
assessments of here, here, here, here
as authenticising here, here, here, here
class associations in here, here
establishment use of here, here, here
etymology and sources of here, here, here, here, here, here
incorrect use of here
Indian sources for here, here, here
indicator of level of education here
individual or localised here, here
learning, see Language learning
movement of, from Front to Home Front here, here, here, here
officer slang here, here
post-war attitude towards here, here
post-war collecting here, here
press interest in here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
pre-war, and older army slang here, here, here, here, here, here
punctuation and here, here, here, here, here, here
slang and wordplay, French here, here
slang and wordplay, German here, here, here, here, here, here, here
‘smash’ here, here, here, here, here
smell here, here
Smith, Aubrey Four Years on the Western Front here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
smoking here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
advertisements here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
socialism, socialists here, here, here
‘somewhere in France’ here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
‘Somme’, as pun with ‘some’ here, here
Somme, assessment of here, here, here, here
Somme, film, The Battle of the Somme here, here, here
songs, singing here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
sound dramatisations here, here, here, here, here, here, here
artillery here
birdsong here, here
bullets here
carrying distance of here
effects on the body from artillery noise here
information derived from here, here
machine guns here, here, here, here, here
metaphorical description here, here
noise constant at Front here
rifle here
shells and bombs here, here, here
tanks here
weapons here, here
‘souvenir’ here, here, here, here, here, here
souvenirs here
spectacles, as marker of Germans and conscientious objectors here, here
Spicer, Lancelot here, here, here, here, here
spies here, here, here, here
sport
as betting here
as competitive here
as fair play here, here, here, here, here, here, here
as hunting here
squarehead here, here, here, here, here, here, here
status of languages and dialects here, here, here
Stockholm Conference 1917 here
‘strafe’ here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
strikers here, here, here
‘stunt’, ‘show’ here, here, here, here, here, here, here
substitution, as rhetorical device here, here
superstition here, here
surrender, language of here, here, here, here, here
‘swank’ here, here, here
swearing here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
as class indicator here
disapproval of here
growth of here, here
inadequacy of here
indicated here, here
‘swing the lead’ here, here, here, here, here
syntactic function development, noun used as verb, etc here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
‘Taffy’ here
‘tag, der’ here, here
tanks here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
‘Taube’ here, here, here
‘temporary gentlemen’ here
ten-year gap before the ‘graphic war book’ wave here
‘Teuton’, ‘Teutonic’ here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Times, The here, here, here, here, here, here, here
on language here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Tipperary, It’s a Long Way to Tipperary here, here, here, here, here
Tommy French, see French, British soldiers’ adaption of
‘Tommy’ here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
in advertisements here, here
claimed to be falling out of use here, here
foreign Tommies here
term disliked or avoided here
toys and games here, here, here
‘trench-’ as a defining term here
trench journals
Aussie, The here, here
Castironical, The here
Fifth Gloucester Gazette, The here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Gasper, The here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Gazette of the 3rd London General Hospital, The here
Ghain Tuffieha Gazette, The here
glossaries in here, here, here
Growler, The here, here
Iodine Chronicle, The here, here, here, here
Leadswinger, The here
Listening Post, The here, here, here
Morning Rire, The here
Northern Mudguard, The here
Pow-Wow, The here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
relationship with home press here, here
Tombstones Journal here
White Band, The here, here
Wipers Times, The (& The “New Church” Times, The Kemmel Times, The Somme Times, The BEF Times and The Better Times here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
trench names here, here, here, here, here, here
‘trench warfare’, precursors to here
triumphalism here
truces here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Turks here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
communication with here, here, here, here
Turkish language here
understatement here, here, here, here
‘unpatriotic’ here, here, here, here
venereal diseases here, here
view of the war, post-war here, here, here, here
visiting wounded soldiers here, here
voluntary Aid Detachment, see Nurses
war graves here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
‘war to end all wars’ here
war, name of the here, here
wartime terms retaine
d post-war here, here, here
wartime terms revived in 1939 here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Weekley, Ernest here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
Weekly Dispatch, The here, here
Welsh language here, here, here
‘What did you do in the war, Daddy?’ here, here, here
‘whizz-bang’ here, here, here, here, here, here
‘wipers’ here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
wire, barbed here, here, here, here, here
women
attitudes towards the role of here, here, here, here
French and Belgian women using English here
as mourners here, here
older women linguistically disenfranchised here, here
controlled language used towards here, here, here
slang and swearing here, here, here
sexual role in recruiting here
as victims of war here, here
wordplay here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
on German words and names here, here, here
related to Old English kenning here, here
wounds, description of here, here
Yiddish language here
YMCA here, here, here, here, here, here
zeppelins here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here
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