, 1870-08-14
~ ~PcNusYlvnniQ Dutch.v


Eo bare now and zsaiu hSd sapn.thipe 10
1 y Alsout the curieus dialect knoxn a Panp-
sylrania Dutch, but have never, We belieye.
said anything about other dialccta to be found
in the composite Keystone State, whose vsri-
ous ingredients have not yet been hong enough
exposed to ths Welding power OF the common
school sy stem to have become altogether ho-
mogeueous. The eastern end OF the southern
border Of the S,ate-DeaxAze and Chester
Counties chiefly sastled BY the Englsh7
Lies pext to Chester, and in York County.
which les srross the SusquehAnna from Lan-
cater, We fiud the so-called Dutch element
predomiu1ting Yet the first settlers Of tbis
part Of the SusquehannA Valley. says writer
in tho Educational Monthly, were Sootch.1rish
Eion, in common use, many wonis and llions
taken from Scotland 70 Ireland, and brought
from Ireland here. There are many to-day,
says the writer, but fftF years ago there
were moro; and he sets down somo
Which he noted at that PERIOD
ing Yankee born Many Of them arc rseog-
nizASla - good Scotch or IriAh. and some ate
evidently borrowed from their English Dei9l4-
bors Oh the east, but some We do not make
them would say II his feet were ye1v cold. a
hapEer-on IN Kitchens, in the way OF the wont-
en-, VAS called - regular old cot :" (co&quesn),
snd very likely was told in the frank fashion Of
half 3 century since, You'd better uaosev."-
phrste which needs no Interpreter certainly
vhateve. may be it's need Of ! redigree. "yaua-
oee" would Seem the probable parent oft ''It'a
tine to get piece" Vac the way OF s1ying it
was ine to prepare luncheon. "piece" being
still the term for chi1dta luncheon in the
mrpa wzs offered tho eates, he declined bT SAT-
ipe that 'shs wouldn't chooxe s1ch psrcel."
and the word ''p&tcel he would use theughit
night be cream that WAS offered him. A bs1
carver Eas sad to C. 'Inanmock tho joint
good Eng!i=h word onee, but to Be- called obso-
Milton hsa it. "intare," accented o. he dit
syllable, WAS the term for the lome-bring-
ing Of bride aud the wedding recep-
ton; Nhitst On the other hand, it
Va. the Scotch probably who. fur
hoM-,be : hittsne:T though in the Nosth of
Englsnd also the family's rsmoval from ono
place 10 another is its '' fitting" Genuine
Eneiish OF ShakspeA1e's time, from the French
Of ch.ucer's, is the participle applied to tbs
boy Who played t1uant, and good Scotch, ws
e. mesns, III @sieh .se s' i s :ssh So1
Of ireland weni- 4 - scu.ctins" as hA1 il
scuteAcd " ia also what be MAS likely u get
il be woaed ankle-deep or oyar shos- mouth
in s.:s.1le- Rectss, as We ssy now, ths young
:" mi her" ct City yesEs sgo called "titsle
tween the forenoon sud afternoon sessions OF
the school. In strict families tho younger
folks must not use tho bsusque ~ what '. in
addressing their eldera and nettera, but ths
word "nan;' e. anan y Sssty. Dunpo. out
and in addressing his superiois followed it.
!" Hippen " 1lpGand) VIA the polite term fot
portions Of the drapery Of young children. and
"mosey-sug1r was their great delicscy ~ae,
they grew 1ittts older and could tako their
pennies to the shops. 1t WAS black u,o!asssa
I HEH affH In, Al
At the edges like onr ealea Of maple sugar
The moiasscs candy which had been
"wprked till it became white, w1at by an
o:her name. which We shall request Parinis-
name it bore-so unpublished wss the
peunsylvaniau Of former generation. Pos
sitly he may have twisted the French be,ies
Jcut:es into TN. not very dainty term Of his,
but possibly, too, this derivation il N effort
q tie refined The - native Ens'isl, Jude
PenDs.lvsnia- Here il queer use OF i phrase: :
''It don't signify, bns I'm tared;" :. It's vesy
warm, it don't signify "a It don't ~,sniiy !;
this won't DO And What is tho origin of the
cli1a's corruption Of thank ye." uttered in
acknowledgement OF gift or favor, and nc
conpan,ed bY courtesy? lie would secm 10
ote:ter in hin definition OF the word, which
h0 makes verb that means - to bob up ind
| IL Yry stotnsr xawxysR uuur III ennHylyzulA oul
writer rays tue clllld MAS directed 10 make
a +uldy" Yet he zdmiss that among Quake
children in Philadelphia s.to this day the onl.
kE.wp word for .thark you 'is sadds. FeE
haps its origia is to Ge sought u
sone one OF the early forms Of on
"sit," or 4thet," knd tho name refers II
the sit.ing-t]own motion Of the courtesy
maker. That is, At al events, as good g7te4s
as that "saddy" is 4 CORRUPTION Of "thAnl
ye," which eee1ns tho gncsn Of a phi1oloEeF IL
Tho last stage OF totherAsiou. We sboala say
! 10 help conjecture. that in .prononhcing th
word The f1st syllable twlose hAtnesr. =
marked by tho double d, IL heightened out =
four times the length Of the last syllable W
elvo briefly : few more Of the rare words
eate health; 10 have '.bsA4l va. TO have
SICK turn; 's chelIers were the comb and raf
; flce Of cock to "Tuck up was to tuun1o
vari.l.le weather was "tri.tle Westher !"
stirring, ActiEe housewife WAS "workebt1ttlo !;
. ..routeLing around " was med1llng with wha
did not concern the meddler; to be buntJ
was to bo sauat in stature; to be ''mor
phewel" or ..mo1phed vss to havo frechsst
Or blotched complexion, fonty" thing VA
. Z t.ifiing thing; TO be "bushe,l WA 10 b
tired; to " sock is 10 bit, as With ball F.; and
J finally, to be covering the bsliurs il 70 b
getting well OF the bilious fever.