tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22364001.post6444977790546653557..comments2023-05-03T08:13:37.101-04:00Comments on Ruth Campbell Smith 1925-27 Diaries: Tuesday, August 23, 1927Carol Michelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07796344366326535406noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22364001.post-64755549383074889542008-08-25T23:48:00.000-04:002008-08-25T23:48:00.000-04:00You made me curious and I found out that "bum" is ...You made me curious and I found out that "bum" is an old word! <BR/> <BR/>Answers.com says "to bum" was slang from the middle <B>1800's</B> for going out drinking. <BR/><BR/>Ruth frequently says she "felt bum" when fatigued and not well. I found a Great War Forum, with people contributing information, some from letters and Diaries. In <A HREF="http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t68180.html" REL="nofollow">one thread on food in the trenches</A>, this entry caught my eye:<BR/><BR/>(ackimzey @ Jan 27 2007, 11:38 PM) *<BR/>Tony, below is a small excerpt from my great uncle Grover Carter's diary....thought you might enjoy reading the entries.<BR/><BR/>"Ann<BR/>June 28-29, 1918 – Nothing unusual except I am feeling bum. Very hot day. About 10 p.m. (29th) was bombarded with gas. We went to our dugouts. Got very little [gas]."<BR/><BR/>And according to this <A HREF="http://local.aaca.org/bntc/slang/slang.htm" REL="nofollow">Antique Car Club Slang Page</A> , getting rid of someone by giving them the "bum's rush" was a common term. <BR/><BR/>The car club probably didn't bother with "bumming around" since it shows up in song lyrics as far back as the early 1900's, all referring to hoboes riding the rails. <BR/><BR/>Ruth probably just wanted to go shopping - too bad she missed her chance to go bumming around! <BR/><BR/>Annie at the Transplantable RoseAnnie in Austinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14662139490401110432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22364001.post-66869879609409605052008-08-23T07:15:00.000-04:002008-08-23T07:15:00.000-04:00"Bum around" was a phrase used in the 1920s?!?"Bum around" was a phrase used in the 1920s?!?That Onehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17765235570000493668noreply@blogger.com