英语词汇gotham的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

Gotham. Washington Irving first called New York Gotham in his Salmagundi Papers (1807), because its residents reminded him of the legendary inhabitants of the English town of Goth- am. An old tale has it that these villagers had discouraged King John from building a castle in their town, and taxing them for it, by feigning madness—trying to drown fish, sweep the moon’s reflection off the waters, etc. This legend led to more stories about the villagers, collected in a book called Merrie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham, and Irving, reading of these alternately wise and foolish people, thought that they resembled New Yorkers.

词汇	gotham
词源	Gotham. Washington Irving first called New York Gotham in his Salmagundi Papers (1807), because its residents reminded him of the legendary inhabitants of the English town of Goth- am. An old tale has it that these villagers had discouraged King John from building a castle in their town, and taxing them for it, by feigning madness—trying to drown fish, sweep the moon’s reflection off the waters, etc. This legend led to more stories about the villagers, collected in a book called Merrie Tales of the Mad Men of Gotham, and Irving, reading of these alternately wise and foolish people, thought that they resembled New Yorkers.
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