Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-02
How We saik.


How We TaIlz.
L,t mau 70 TO "Coogress." as re say, and
be will soon fed that h, is amid a variety OF
dalatts TIE House q REPRESENTATIVES as
senbes lis IL .mber5 from every porli OF the
Urion, and although macy OF The members are
sufficiently cluca'cd eai r.vsIsd 10 have shed
u,auy ut their psculi,fties o. suc' 'ch, there W II
still b. fIuad atupdaut opportunity to study
our dialects. Many will b,,rsy heir "n,t!v.,"
AZ Ken.ucs,ans term il, at h1 hrst op"nlog OF
their lips. II Inay cpIy be cry OF Ofd.r
r il ru3y Only b; Al sjdrcsI 10 the char "Mr.
Sneaker" or it may onty b" 40 ai'u-ion to the
y.ntI m 10 irom New York" or '.hs g"u leGau
tom Ersiua'-'t is anou.h. La casual
lvok,ns 10 on h" Serae i!aVe heard as char
acterls i, Nv E anIia 50 a. are 10 nc fund
in SAN Sick. Al! IS ch9;c! s7e,mens VI
reEnss-ee els qu.l c; rs arr 10 ne t"u'h rep,rt
I'd 10 tho pages Ut "D.vS irock",. Som,
years az, il Was ssii thai Mr. Nh,mac's, u
Pent si!VaGia, Was 81 9rX.l u. tn uronnHc'a-
dou gwen his .suls by Ino e:e'k ot the u4e
har h. at length r;tus:d 70 sn,Wtr II. rne
Clerk vas Vl!sinan ard persisted in c.l''nS
u GUS Ch.snb-rs j ;en, CaaTmber'
a mvre imHlltsns v.fIr,? 1t our .-pHsch -
ii4Iect of PaDH.ylvloa il ml'nIy oc1'cn.
Irish. This is rhe II r. rem rk,o!e W1eu
We remember that III: s.Gtl-is Of P"nnsyl.
y .s,. wrlu ar.ey cf thu o!ssi OF Il isish
Ouakers, aud that su5Hq1andJ th, Ger
uaas have c,uc in aim1,t nverwh'!mlig
fuce, From + srorn Psln-y;vin tne SO CT.
[rlsh spread s'rpad, g0Ins W th' Cumh Had
Valley iutn Vrgiola. aai crI1'ins tnv \ CHA
uies both ia Panu-y vs,i,sa! Eir1inls. F1e;r
!lslec, j. broadly dciiiHi, b,tn ag.la't tho
people Nv Y,,k 10 tEe n,rth and ~" oao'
,ls of O.d Firsipia Ou The oJu;h au1 Vest.
No ooc at ell acql.iu;cd win the ijcItch lnsh
!,slect w. ui b. as IJ-s to id -n'liy tbs m.lo
pecullar!ii.a Of speech exh;bl'rd 10 al! The
.eplou ,bdi.stcd. Tho Pcunsylvaoian says
.'strepth" and 'lcrtn" Tor s,r"agrh and length:
H. SAYS "c,aul," and "hanuie" aud "huaulc
Tor caudl, sni handle aad hunhie. tio says
II want On" aat II wap, j va for " want
% get out" aui II wsut To $e: DIVA LIE
SAYS ho will wait on you waca ho says no Will
sais .'fOr yau." Ii q pc;s1u las bad slight
ckoess, aod has spaed!Iv gouan avsr II. the
pruusyivauiao will say I hin tha; mo took
sick" il 9ss ou!y "brash," acd he snou
sut 'u1isa b:uer." Tho Psnns2lganlsa often
1875 ''nor" ior than, af;cr : C inparatIVe ad-
j give. OIe tLos is mere ".r aDothtr, OK
0'ocl;cr Do. another" s, "ua' Is ottea SUD
,,ltuted f,r 30" IN tn, Peursy !Vaoia dialect.
A hors, comos till the stable, or boy I'LL tho
school house. Tho word ''loto'' is much used
for ''in" III PeuDsy'vlu!a. q horse Will DC Sa'a
70 have wtc spos iu:u Bis iprehesd, or
6eld to have fnc spIi1E oil H.leF !uto II. Inc
PeupsYlvaGlens use the w6rd '|Hen:VtI "
-ipoify az 5000 as. Thus It Will he said, @hen'
YER the :rrlsge oa:ne, tho lady < }! 10: !n
Pennsylvania they ''iif. c0lisc 100, and take
40 church." aui nd. TO town 10 machlut,
4ith horse BIAS draS;og the mgch'ae.
Moreover, if the horse Is lively aul anal, what
,ome call .'skitii,b," be will bs clied 10 Pom
svlvaoia "a wild baest." Now, oil theae pecu'
iarilirs arc cvldeuty OF Ssolca-lil.h rg'o.
aud by meaus Of them, and others !iSa them.
se can trao, 10 Gu county the movements OF
hs il hueuca Ct his elcmeot ri popua''on:
Ia all the S. nth con'cr :ai0n Is more Chill
v,ted amnug educated panplc than a. Tue
Nurth. LIS a uctcHorthy fac. that cooV' rja'
,uu. can ii. red as an accoD .,li.nmcut, scarce
lv xxi, = AZ alj 10 GuG nJute,n Stats. ocitc"ly
,ne cduc.trd pefsJo 10 huncrtd is skill III
,sd p,ac,osl t-lk"r "a general society. lhS
ia all tho more remarkable waen We Icnsmoer
haJ the Hhu!G Gailun Is glVGG 10 puol5 'alhioS'
II4t a!mcst any maa who 10 pai!Jr Is "h'iy
uuiet, or who speaks only 10 an AWKWARD VI
embarrassed way, once mgunt stump, aoo ne
sill harsausu; q crowd BY the hour. but ae
he South almost eVe:Y cdu0ttsd per9'o VI
her sex H,l cunys!s, in m!xsd company
9th freedom, tact, n:d Intelligence. CouVcr'
| ,a,inp il cultlv .Lcd. Tncro is an smolIion 10
x,. 10 il. F.om this DO duct ID part "
| AS com, to pass that prohu!ciatl'n az lho
;nu h |. o:ors cd fI-hloued trao st the Nortn.
i,,nv.r,.,,Dn q. Tue S1u;h bas glveu the law TO
| ,r,nuuoia,lou, v:,ie O. the North "" haVs ~! =
| ,,,ycd bo.ks anG chaugcd ,ac pto3uuc!, lIn 10
u,r the spelNrG. Thus at lns Siu h l. Is
| c,;nnou, It not universal - hear orTk pro
| nuucsd clark, eDI JAN D ec;ss. so1 Aset
| OF Gre, auI at=.r lJr s1a!c, II ltmGhI anu oiW
| uary for r"gIUrct 81 q mt1ay. h'a not
| ,,!y do old f.shi ne1 lroaug2lsnoat pfc'll' az
| he South, bl5 u!s1 81 tisoi11E1 pnla:e' aua
A ycuDy mao ,!taiorg bis j ri'y bec,mes
| ",.ue It'd w~u'y' iu$trs I'd ui ..~cu'y Que. lo
stead of dining with iri:nd, or t-k'ug se''
ne, cat !, IL all v.t,!cs' -. h hsn,
| Perhaps sptfi leo. runb=f Il ILLUSTRATORS
|, nas beuu giv:u u III: cjuDroinn VI cur III 'oea
| Of speech, yet it wUu hardly ans" r 20 o'ou
nc eubj ,rt w!'h u. sGine tr1+retc7 20 "sstsf'-
ssm of lic md speech: Sacn ~cris 81 >, e'ess-
iGSj Aou GiSS'ohS H"a oPS"iHo
ut sufficiently thu character CT ths "e''efi
ciua,ry.
Tberc il that, hoBsver. 10 Wcstero language
shicn ! vet u re- sisurf:aut Of p:ou'isrny II
sc,tc1n lie. Wss cto p:epi' aFe uuc' 10 th'
,an,, Of uslcg woros iu Cdt and u xo=cte'
VANS, aud of ius,i usiug gro;esqle c'mpa,lsons
ID If T. dulzrug il pisure.qIe EXPRESSIONS
Thew iudulse 10 q sors If Wild f:ssdom ~
.n..,n vLl:n sr, n1s vvry truly TO ba;E'ouz
S,rh he ireedop o. hre oe'ocs'os. - a oe'
conn,ry. For ezsnrle. they prefer TO c:l
sn,.ksy corn iuic9," btcsnc thereto sna .,. !.
the c,oceo,.u OF .h, "nskou q sa9.,ss' s:as
'ui 'isic. And woeo ,hsy g a..sss Assl: 81:
forth .hs net on!y "shets," = put 9s
,@sny sis isssd especially, he is so Sale 1hs' ne
a Wrstsrn mar, whea travelling, Waen ne
| 10 a. a church, and desires to EroW