Mysteries of vernacular: Tuxedo - Jessica Oreck

Misterije kolokvijalnog jezika: smoking - Džesika Orek (Jessica Oreck)

Transcriber: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Bedirhan Cinar

Prevodilac: Mile Živković Lektor: Anja Saric

Mysteries of Vernacular

Misterije kolokvijalnog jezika:

Tuxedo:

smoking (tuxedo),

men's evening wear for semi-formal occasions.

muška večernja odežda za poluformalne prilike.

Tuxedo, surprisingly, has its roots

Neočekivano je, ali reč "tuxedo" ima koren

in Native American history.

u istoriji američkih Indijanaca.

The Delaware Indians of what is now

Indijanci iz Delavera, što je sada

the Northeast United States,

severoistok SAD-a,

were divided into three subgroups,

bili su podeljeni u tri podgrupe,

distinguished by their animal totems:

na osnovu svojih životinskih totema:

the turkey,

ćurke,

the turtle,

kornjače

and the wolf.

i vuka.

Members of the tribe belonging to the wolf totem

Pripadnici plemena koje je označavao totem vuka

were often referred to

često su se nazivali

by the indigenous word for the four-footed canine,

domorodačkom rečju za psa sa četiri noge,

p'tuksit.

"p'tuksit".

In the 18th century,

U 18. veku,

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

Evropljani koji su naselili nekadašnje područje P'tuksita

Anglicized the name as "tuxedo"

reč su prebacili u engleski kao "tuxedo"

and slapped it on a town in southeast New York.

i stavili su je na gradić na jugoistoku Njujorka.

Decades later, in the late 1800s,

Decenijama kasnije, u kasnim 1800-tima,

a lavish resort was constructed

izgrađeno je luksuzno odmaralište

and christened "The Tuxedo Club".

koje je nazvano "The Tuxedo Club".

It was at The Tuxedo Club,

Kod početka novog veka,

around the turn of the century,

upravo je ovaj klub bio taj

when a dress jacket was required

u kome je bio neophodan sako

for almost every occasion,

za skoro svaku priliku.

that a brash young man,

Jedan drzak mladić,

heir to an enormous tobacco fortune,

naslednik duvanskog bogatstva,

caused a stir by flaunting tradition

prouzrokovao je metež remeteći tradiciju

and donning a formal dinner jacket

i noseći formalni večernji sako

without tails.

bez repa.

His bold fashion statement was quickly popularized

Njegov drski modni detalj je brzo postao popularan

and nicknamed tuxedo,

i nazvan je "tuxedo",

which in modern America,

što je u modernoj Americi

is the headache of high school prom attendees

glavobolja maturanata u srednjoj školi

across the nation.

u celoj zemlji.