Eyona Ithegi / Isilumko-Abafana Ukwaphula iKhowudi yamaGangqa aseNew York

Ukwaphula iKhowudi yamaGangqa aseNew York

Yeyiphi Imovie Ukubona?
 

Enye yeemfihlakalo zamaQela aseNew York ichaphazela i-moniker ye-Dead Rabbits-intsomi, ekuthiwa yi-ultraviolent 1850's Irish gang edlala indima ephambili kuzo zombini i-Epic zika-Martin Scorsese ze-70 yezigidi kunye nencwadi ka-1927 ka-Herbert Asbury esekwe kuyo. Umbhali-mbali uTyler Anbinder, kwincwadi yakhe ethi The Five Points, uthi eli binzana aliqinisekanga.

Kwelinye icala, u-Asbury-lowo uNjingalwazi Anbinder ambiza ngesiqhelo ngononophelo ukuba umlobi wezinto zakudala wase-New York-uqinisekisa ngegunya ukuba igama lavela emva kokuba ilungu leqela lemigulukudu laphosa umvundla ofileyo embindini wegumbi. Elinye lamaqela liyamkele njengelizwi ... laza lazibiza ngokuba yimivundla efileyo.

Ndihlala ndicinga ukuba eli bali liyinyani. Ukuba esinye isidenge sasiphosa umvundla ofileyo kwigumbi elinabaFundi abahlanu baseIreland ngo-1850, ngebabewukhumbulile, bawupheka, bawupha usapho kwisityu.

Ke yintoni umthombo weRabbits efileyo?

Ekupheleni kwencwadi ka-Asbury luluhlu lwamagama namabinzana angamakhulu abizwa ngokuba yiSlang ye-Early Gangsters, eyacaciswa kwisichazi-magama esingaphantsi komhlaba esiqulunqwe ngumphathi wamapolisa weSixeko saseNew York kunye nomphathi weTombs Prison, uGeorge W. Matsell.

Kwisichazi-magama sikaMatsell, igama elithi umvundla lixokozela, kwaye umvundla ofileyo ungumntu othanda ukuba yimbaleki. Oomvundla abancancisayo bachazwa njengokuchitha okuncinci. Ukubulawa kwamanye amagama e-slang kwisichazi-magama sikaMatsell sikukhuphela ngaphandle kwisandi sefilimu kaMnu Scorsese: i-ballum rancum yeqela lasendle, isityumzi sepolisa, ukusweleka komntu obhinqileyo kwaye ulale ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho lomntu.

La magama amandulo lulwimi oluyimfihlo lweendlela zaseIreland. Kusisiqalo sesichazi-magama saseIreland nesiMelika esifihlwe kwisithuba seminyaka engamakhulu sifihlakele iifonetiki zesiNgesi kunye nopelo.

Kwisichazi magama saseIreland nesiNgesi esapapashwa eDublin ngo-1992, igama lesi-Irish elithi ráibéad lichazwa njengomntu omkhulu, othanda ukujija. Leli lizwi, i-ráibéad -kunye ne-slang intensifier ifile, intsingiselo kakhulu-enika isisombululo esilula kwimfihlakalo eneminyaka engama-150 ubudala ye-moniker Dead Rabbit.

Umvundla omuncayo yi-ráibéad sách úr, ngesi-Irish esithetha umntu omtsha, owondlekile, omkhulu. Kwizitrato zaseNew York, elo binzana lalithetha iikati ezityebileyo-ukudumba okumbalwa kwindawo ezintlanu, esele ivuthiwe.

Njengamakhulu amawaka abantu baseNew York baseIreland, usapho lwam luthetha isangqa kunye neentsingiselo zamatyotyombe amadala aseMpuma eManhattan naseBrooklyn. Umakhulu-makhulu wam, uMamie Byrnes, kunye nabantakwabo abathandathu bakhuliswa kwimizuzu emihlanu kwiiNqaku eziHlanu ngeminyaka yoo-1880. Ulwimi lwaseIreland lwaba sisixhobo esiphambili kwiincoko zabo. Njengezithethi ezilahlekileyo zeGaelic kwiidolophu ezisemaphandleni zemilambo iMississippi kunye namawa atshayelwe ngumoya kwiziqithi ezisempuma eCanada, iIrish yaseNew York yaxhoma amagama namabinzana afana neempahla ezinemibala eqaqambileyo kwintambo yokunxiba ye syntax yaseMelika yesiNgesi.

Namhlanje, kukho amawaka ngamagama eIreland, amabinzana kunye namagama eendawo atshintshileyo ukuba babe ngabasebenzi baseMelika kunye nenkcubeko yasemaphandleni. Ngaphandle kokwazi, yonke imihla abantu baseMelika bathetha isi-Irish, olona lwimi ludala lubhaliweyo lwaseYurophu emva kwesiLatin nesiGrike. Amagama, umculo kunye nemibongo yase-Ireland zifakwe kwilaphu lenkcubeko yaseMelika njenge-bluegrass, i-blues, i-baseball, i-Westerns, i-slang yesitalato kunye ne-hip talk. Njengomlambo oqhutywa ngaphantsi komhlaba ziziphithiphithi ezinkulu ze-geologic, i-Irish lulwimi olusindileyo kodwa olulahlekileyo eMelika, oluhamba luye ezantsi kolwimi kunye neendlela ezinqumlayo eMntla Melika.

Apha ngezantsi kukho uluhlu lweenguqulelo zamanye amagama esilayidi akhankanywe kwifilimu yaseScorsese:

IBallum rancum: umdaniso apho wonke umntu elisela okanye ihenyukazi.

Ilungu elidumileyo lemibutho: indawo wonke umntu athetha ngayo.

ICrusher: ipolisa.

I-Cuir siar ar (s ibizwa sh): ukunyanzela; inyanzeliso.

Lay: umsebenzi wolwaphulo-mthetho.

Lé: Ukoyama, ukukhetha, ukuthambekela.

Mort: I-New York slang yakudala yomfazi.

Mór te: uthando oluvuthayo, umoya ophakamileyo, uthando olufudumeleyo.

Okokugqibela, igama elithi buckaroo livela kwi-bocaí rua yaseIreland, okuthetha ukuba yimidlalo yokudlala yasendle okanye ngegazi elinamagazi. Eli xesha lahamba lasentshona, kunye noBilly McCarty-aka. UBilly the Kid-onguMamie Byrnes, ukhule kwimizuzu emihlanu ukusuka kwiiNqaku eziHlanu. Waba yi-psychopath yenkomo. Waba ngumakhulu kamama.

UTerry Golway uzakubuyela kwesi sithuba kwiveki ezayo.

Amanqaku Onokuthanda :