Here are more "Burtisms" -- anachronistic and heavily British-slangy. He's almost as over-the-top as King Kanoa in "An Evil Guest" (by the way, I also think Kanoa is faking his speech patterns to disarm suspicions -- he's clearly on the side of the Storm King).<br>
<br>"Gentleman" (p. 55) without meaning someone with noble birth or
property: 1700's.<br>"You twig?" (p. 55): 1800's.<br>"Surefire": American,
1900's.<br>"Set her cap" (p. 57): 18th century.<br>"Chap" (p. 136) meaning
"man": 1700's.<br>"Awfully" as an intensive without any
connotation of dread or awe (p. 257): 1800's.<br>"The lay of the land" (p.
258): 1800's.<br>"Flash" (p. 258): 1800's.<br>"Make book" (p. 260): 1800's.<br>"A spot more wine" (p. 261): 1800's.<br>"Keep your chin up" (p. 267):
American slang from the 1930's.<br><br>Ending sentences with the interrogative
particle, "eh?" is probably anachronistic, too.
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