Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-01-14
TO THE EDITORS.

Messrs. GALES SEAToN: Allow me, gentlemen, to
crafty my cacohs scrben at the expense your ndu
gence in requesting your kind notice Of the following ad
dtons to my glossary which appeared time ago in
the Intelligencer. These additions may it is hoped,
lieve few Of the French words now in use,
rather abuse from the torture numerically and certainly
undcservedly inflicted on them. M.
V-ari-For the benefit of those who often lug these
words into their conversation allow to observe that
these words stand for pisagsd-rdge Anglce, face TO
face, opposite.
Boudoa.-This word is derivation Of the word bou
der" l. .. to pout. There time when ladies, dis
satisfied with themselves Others used to indulge in
that amiable fablesse mais 'nous avons change tout
cela" We have changed all that for ladies do not con-
ceal that weakness now but inct that enjoyment some
times on their friends without concealment Boudoir
therefore, poung ROOM the door of which is not
in days of DID, Theoretically scaled against nruders
Bouquet, very elegantly tortured into boquet,"
rs sobrquet is mutiated into soubrquet This is rob-
bing Peter to pay Paul with q vengeance.
One is really at loss to account for this dishonest
transition unless that those words were imported into
England when its prohibitory customhouse laws forbid
French fancy articles from being introduced and thus
by Angcsng those words reentered them English In
this country where laws Of that kind in force It'll
nexeusable to commit such vandalism; and we humbly
beg our friends ii use they will or must those words rem
der unto Caesar the things that belong to Caesar The
very flowers must feel blush Of shame mnntlng their
leaves and presented under the msnomer OF
boquet.
It is positive fact that individual using word he
either does understand cannot pronounce will put
the strongest emphasis fearful that he might be
cused Of being familiar with it, that he was not
treating it proper respect. Sobrquet means nickname
epithe usually applied in derision buresque Now
if be absolutely that word uset in the
of French sense it is written and do not crush
it with the weight of additional vowel totally useless
Cuew.-This word, often used, especially in poetry
is neither less than barbarous contraction of
words couyre-feu -coverre. During the occupancy Of
Eagland by the Normans law imposed every house,
holder to the fires in his dwelling at the sound Of
the nine o'clock bel in order to stop the frequent con-
hsgraons to which the thatched wooden houses fell so
often and numerically prey
Verdct-For the benefit Of jurymen and others, per-
NIT to state that verdict is the contraction Of the La
tin words "vere dictum true said.
Budget is derived from the French word "bougette,
little bag used in ancient times when travelling In
Of the English Ministers of State using such
bag carrying their documents to Parliament the word
has been since retained, though now applied in
different sense.
Kris Rrngle--Who, after having ransacked his brain
for clue would understand those words to mesn or
rather intended to mean, the infant Christi The Ger
man for child is kind - in parts Of Germany the
dimnutive kndein kndchen, is vugarly formed into
kinde and is the custom in that country to tell chill
dren that Christmas the infant Christ Christ Knde
will bring them gifts These words have been trans
planted into this country but unfortunately and rreve
reny have become pitifuly misspe into an unmeaning
barbarism.