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This is the story of the Jazz age and the words, expressions and idioms that entered the English language at that time. The vocabulary reflects the era. There was immense technological change, increased, cars, telephones, fridges, vacuum cleaners all become widespread in the 20s. There were movies, radio and, of course Jazz. On the hand, there was a great depression starting in 1929, mob violence and racial tension. We'll look at how all this changed the language.

Thanks to Jack for taking part in this video.

00:00 What and when was the Jazz age?
01:51 The history of the jazz age
09:15 Ground News
10:49 Jazz age expressions with Jack
26:37 She's My Gal Now

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