Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1860-03-14
Pr0yincialisms.

L
ess have as much sport at our expense, in
respect, as we have at theirs. We laugh =
Excessively at the yankee exclamation .Du y
ELL while he smokers at our interjection, E
u can't be possible 2 or Hop you do tall r h
when the matter in question is not only very !
possible, butonc of every day occurrence. 4
A mention Of the more common provincial a
isms Of the south, may be amusing, and l :
could fain hope would lead to a correction of :
the ridiculous phraseolegyt too common among t
even educated people: ]
The Southerner is not aware, generally, Of ,
his false English, when he says have saw, {
for have SEEM he has great insurance for {
assurance 7 a heap of times for a great
deal; he is a no account person for he is a
person Ct no character; : powerful weak for
very weak mighty little for very little
thar. far, bar, dar, for there, fair, bear, dare
A very common word is which instead of
what For instance, you ask a Southerner
q question and he hears you imperfectly, he
says, which ? instead Of sWhatg He says
right smart or right smart sprinkle for
much quite or considerable The South
erner never says stone but even a pebble is
a rock with him. 4 seed him. for 4 saw
him. And he overseed for me last year,
instead of 'oversaw.,
The prefix done is extremely common;
thus, it is done gone, the house is done
swept or he has done done it. Also, struck
with thunder for lightning : clare for
clear stairs for stars, the heavenly bodies.
The word sorry is in constant use in the
sense Of Indifferent as a sorry crop a sor-
ry appearance a sorry looking horse etc.
Reckon for guess or presume, is in con-
slant use.
fla Southern man orders a servant to take
or lead a horse to water, he invariably says,
Garry my horse to water, The, Yankee
stubs his toe, the Southerner stumps' tt
Crap insteadof crop iscommon, and sdrap,'
also, for drop He holped me to do it. for
helped A physician says to his patient,
What hurts your Does your head hurt
you,' etc, instead of Where is the seat Of
pain, etc. The doctor generally is answered,
I have a misery in my stomach, or head etc
A boil is invariably termed a rising
The Southerner totes everything, instead
of carries Yet this word is not improper
though confined to the negroes and thos'
reared withthem. Raised IL N. C. or Va in
!, stead of reared Our youths never battle
, in the stream, but invariable go in washing
: Me and John did it for John and ], ; is yer,
4 prevalent. sAfeard is often used for afraid
!, We never hear Of 'clingstone peaches bu
pressed peaches There seems to be an ave.
r sion orthe good old Anglo-Saxonnord stone
So the word peacock is never heard her,
e but 'peafow1' Nor does the cock ever Gro,
r here, but the chickens CROW. 4 did not 2
IS to do it, for 4 did not mean to do it,
'Onct' and tweed are general, instead
d once and twice Nary one for sneitht
it one or AIRY one for either one is common
u Sort o cloudy is used for somewhat cloudy
he 1T sticks out for it is quite apparent II
planter seldom raises but generally |
makes cotton Hand-write' is always US,
for Handwriting We have no pals her
but bucket is the word a cotton patel
he spotatoe PATCH etc, are nsedinstead Of siel,
" Waternelons' are frequently called swatt
II, millions
Vn It is common to use the word allow he
= enormously. For instance, 4 allow to go
town tomorrow for 4 intend;' and i allo
ey cd he knew his own business for I p
re- sumed,' etc.
Lots Of anything, for much or a 'gr
= number is common. There is no such VIZ
:. as afternoon here but evening instead.
- there has been much rain, you often hear o.
power of rain Thase as much as will
e me- for as much as / shall need
81 The chapter might be extended ad inf
- tum, but these must suffice for the prest
Every human being exercises an
in ~iuence in the world. The smallest peb
ace thrown into the Atlantic disturbs, to some
nan tent, the mighty volume of the Ocean.
ripples grow smaller and smaller as their
cy; conferences increase, but they never C
pre- until their microscopic influence is exhau
lure upon the surrounding continents. E
ling particle Of air we breathe is distributed
ous- the whole earth. Not a tear falls from
Pa eye of grief that does not contribute, i
infnitesimal degree, to bless the huml
n o plant upon the most distant island of the
the No flower can waste all its sweetness il
sion. desert air, for its rariied exhalations
ven travel over the globe. and form a part Q
grateful fragrance in the air breathed by
bode ry human being. The child cannot fall
his its mothers knees without causing the
to remove from its orbit Asingle good
may seem trifing itself, but it may con
me- to produce its efforts during a thousan
sis in ter generations.
t and Al are but parts Of one stupendous whole,
home Whose body nature is. and good the sou. :"
es.- =
and Drive On"
beau The closing scene Of the life of the
shad- ious, eminently useful but eccentric
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