Mysteries of vernacular: Tuxedo - Jessica Oreck

Misterije narječja: Smoking - Jessica Oreck

Transcriber: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar

Prevoditelj: Ivan Stamenković Recezent: Mislav Ante Omazić - EFZG

Mysteries of Vernacular

Misterije narječja

Tuxedo:

Smoking:

men's evening wear for semi-formal occasions.

večernja odjeća za polu-formalne prilike.

Tuxedo, surprisingly, has its roots

Smoking, iznenađujuće, ima korijene

in Native American history.

u povijesti Indijanaca.

The Delaware Indians of what is now

Indijanci iz Delawerea, područja

the Northeast United States,

u Sjeveroistočnom SAD-u,

were divided into three subgroups,

bili su podijeljeni u tri podgrupe,

distinguished by their animal totems:

razlikovani po svojim životinjskim totemima:

the turkey,

purica,

the turtle,

kornjača,

and the wolf.

i vuk.

Members of the tribe belonging to the wolf totem

Članovi plemena koji su pripadali vučjem totemu

were often referred to

često su oslovljavani

by the indigenous word for the four-footed canine,

sa riječju za psa od četiri stope,

p'tuksit.

p'tuksit.

In the 18th century,

U 18. stoljeću,

Europeans who settled in the former region of the P'tuksit

Europljani koji su se naseljeli u regiji P'tuksit

Anglicized the name as "tuxedo"

anglizirali su ime kao 'smoking' (tuxedo)

and slapped it on a town in southeast New York.

i dali to ime gradu u jugoistočnom New Yorku.

Decades later, in the late 1800s,

Desetljeća kasnije, u kasnim 1800.,

a lavish resort was constructed

raskošno boravište je izgrađeno

and christened "The Tuxedo Club".

i nazvano "Smooking klub".

It was at The Tuxedo Club,

Bilo je to u Smoking klubu,

around the turn of the century,

na kraju stoljeća,

when a dress jacket was required

kada je formalni sako bio potreban

for almost every occasion,

za gotovo svaku prigodu

that a brash young man,

tada je mladi čovjek,

heir to an enormous tobacco fortune,

nasljednjik ogromnog duhanskog bogatstva,

caused a stir by flaunting tradition

uzrokovao uzbunu odbacujući tradiciju

and donning a formal dinner jacket

noseći formalni sako za večeru

without tails.

bez repova.

His bold fashion statement was quickly popularized

Njegova hrabra modna izjava je ubrzo popularizirana

and nicknamed tuxedo,

i nazvana smoking,

which in modern America,

što u modernoj Americi,

is the headache of high school prom attendees

predstavlja glavobolju svima koji idu na maturalni ples

across the nation.

diljem nacije.