, 1874-01-31

lnoans to quarre', or quarrel Itself. a
na% T9 w"s s,t sSt ct cn on 0gng no e,
wns hia naaatlant, "as ho Ind had no fuss
with any ono;". stlding that tho romanlor Of
Ills party worc just in front, or, az l,e described
d anse ey o TG' IN sys e ," 9o aosSsi o
n,oa,,s !" to 10 noisy" ii won't iilas nroani"
gays tho lloroine OF novel; and, by tho why,
aro;,na a =; =, le dragged n continually Wnstng
Notwithstanding around"
"Fuas " AND "S1uss F."
apppoar to bc noary idontionl. Dluas Is n word
which, as tho gentlonnn In" Martin Chuzzawlt" f"
ay, nyorrod Of "start, W. DO not uao tn the old
tho word "1ncas." "Wont thoro DO d ms,sB"
allutloB to confusion md qunrtoling; and 80, to
the best Of my. understanding, Mrs Docehor
soTs e s eooasy III ef yooh va and sd 80 . sooo T.
books rocognixo anl toac, tho naing " Through"
for " finished y or "comp!oted." swat till
aln through with my p1ay.."
People who call a cook-ngl,t = ohicken con-
test, and describe the birds rs rooaters"-a
ridiculous word, which Ia universally employed
In tho United States. as IL honB did not roost!-
who talk Of q "gontlon,an cow" call trousers
.'pants," and the like, may bo worry nice In their
| language, but
soaRoEIY IN TilEln 1pEAs.
do not dispute tho fact TINT sometimes 4
really useful word may be coined, or that, On
rare oceasiona. We may tlnd ohango
~
not liolp but to lit the target once in
wny; but 1t may safely be said that these In
stances arc like dratiano's roasolig which, arc
rs two grains OF wheat hid in two bushels Of
cl,air; you shall seek a1 day ere you find thom,
and when you layo tllom, they aro not worth
tile soarcli." If you wish to say a man ia
bravo, you will be bot.or underHtood If you
aver, with tho utmost gravity, tint he las
'trLENTY OF sAND."
If yo11 sneak of receiving anything, you must
calf it "lilting." TAo Postmaster at Washing
ton, iu printed form, advised mo that the par
Hon to whom they wore dlrocted would not "lift"
| Rio Gialilo Railway being lost, notice Of the
Bamo was issued to I'LL conductors, with
instructions that, If It wero 9re ;. o5forod by
my one. they were to lift uar it, Neither 3tl.
or, "Thoro is storm in tho moui1-
taina;" !" III such cases you must any, TIT IL
atorrning," ifyou wish to conform to accepted
! usagca.
not miutakcu-spoaka Of tho invariablo accuracy
with which
il used Ii, the States, aud tho reluctance tho poo-
plo there have oven to joke upon mistakes with
that often misplaced letter. Itnny bo 30 and
at any ratio, hayo often been taken to task as
MI individual, aud as Q representative Englisl-
n,an, for my shortcomings aud excosses in that
stSomo Of you british people don't use no is.
How il thas2 Now. you say og and We al-
why's say org How do yotl account for the
difference" 2" Why, could not account for it
had intended to say "hog )" and 10, 7 aup-
hotel " for sale, which IL q little trying, even to
yanian friond, 1 an reminded Of what ia cor
tainly ........-..-:.-
on tue Western Al(Ee OF tho wnor-tlint s. ifany
thing il iu error there. Tlis error, am inclined
to think Is partly duo, at any rate, to tho Span
ish leayen spoken Of ; IN tint tougno, two mega
en- each other. )" Not got nothing" il quite cor.
rect and 10 it would 10, I fancy. tout Vest"
!" Ain't got no. - Didn't sec no." and kindred
phrases aro tho rule. To-wit, 'sshow" means
SHOW = ii amt got no SHOW to do it;;" any one
| who did not 80 speak would depart from tho
| standard. AZ to whethor they arc more particu-
lar iu the uso OF h III tho States than in England
can hardly sny; go certainly oi never heard the
haunts aa havo often heard English do but,
| thou, w]1on tho New York papors, NJ have just
| said, regularly advertise IN hotol to let !" one
becs that wo cannot both be working by tho same
| ruloH.
| The introduction OF n
MULTITUDE OF GERMAN WORDS,
| or words which are iu imitation Of German, is
hardly to be discussed hera it will be sufficient
to aay TINT ono is often puzzled by their appear
| atlco in reading or conversation. Here is one:
ia house with stoop;" wtlioh means, think,
| Il house tho trout door of which is approached
| by ateps, with very broad one, or landing--
place, at tho top. Thia last ia frequently found
| in advertisements; whilo threat. very common
in England, is invariably changed, so far RS my
| experiences goes, to giving "a punch on tho
| snoot;" and this shows that tho influence las
| soaked q long way down.
| Nearly all my examples confirm what I have
already snid aa to the use OF words in tic States
| in meaning
RESEMBLING, BUT NOT IDENTICAL
with those Ill which they arc employed at home.
| I never hoarl any speak of 4pulling down"
house; tho operation ls always called rariug
| down. Tearing down is, of courao, moaut, but
| il always pronounced, and, as often aa havo
seen it. written US above. Stones arc 'trocks p
aud oven pobblcs nre 80 called. "They begun
rocking him - 81 got some rocks, and threw at
thom, do not read quite 30 we'll, il sooma to
/ me, ns tic English mode OF expression. The
people in tic United States never speak Of their