I Love Lucy's Discussion Of Quincey Speaking American Slang In Today's Dracula, So Much. There's So Much

I love Lucy's discussion of Quincey speaking American slang in today's Dracula, so much. There's so much to love about it!

The claim that Quincey only speaks slang to please her when usually he has "exquisite manners", when, for the rest of the book we only hear him speak in his Very Cowboy Way. (I wonder if perhaps he was only speaking "politely" for her sake, and dropped it when he realized how it delighted her).

Lucy going "I do not know myself if I shall ever speak slang; I do not know if Arthur likes it, as I have never heard him use any as yet." Which is delightful for several reasons:

Being besties with Quincey definitely means Art is no stranger to slang, even if he doesn't use it himself

Can you imagine?? Lucy trying to talk American slang the way Quincey does? Putting on that Cowboy attitude? Especially when she thinks all of it is probably made up and would make up her own?? This would be PRECIOUS.

Please compare with me!

Quincey, May 24: "Don't cry, my dear. If it's for me, I'm a hard nut to crack; and I take it standing up."

Lucy, May 11: "He has a curious habit of looking one straight in the face, as if trying to read one's thoughts. He tries this on very much with me, but I flatter myself he has got a tough nut to crack. I know that from my glass."

Now idk the origin of the phrase "hard/tough nut to crack" (online dictionaries are telling me "the 1700s" with no location given) so idk if that truly counts as American Slang for Lucy's purposes BUT

Looks like she has already been picking up some phrases from him :D

jonmina even have another shipping tag now too, 'holiest love'

i like holiest love. i jsut want want those two crazy kids to be happy………….

do the kids still say crew of light.

DUNGEON MESHI OST ART I OWE YOU MY LIFE

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Dracula and Jonathan’s Tango - from The Polish National Opera production of ‘Dracula’.

With Choreography by Krzysztof Pastor and Music by Wojciech Kilar.