Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-09-22
ENGLISH AS SHE is SPOKE"
The Curious Way In Which the Mother
Tongue is Mangled In Japan.


Tongue is Mangled In Japan.
Japan was never more wonderful than
IL is at present; two-sworded men and
happy-dispatch tycoons and good curios
have all disappeared, but the manner in
which she adapts the products of adj
yanced civilization makes her as marvel
GUS as ever. Her latest 'annexationn is
that OF "English as she is spoke" A GER
tain Mr.. IIara Shusai, having in mind the
Importance of the English language to
his countrymen, and deploring the lack
of proper elementary works for this
purpose, has compiled phrase
book which is monument of ingen-
uity and which promises TO become as
classical as its prototype. 1t is styled
"The Letters Book in the English Lam
guage.n It's constructed on true scien-
tiAc principles; II travels from the partic-
ular to the general Under the first class
come ga weather. ga ant" "a stuff, "
ga elect" ga rark' dark, "the sward,"
'the puail, f" "the ruddca, "the cavaley,"
"thc bookseller" ''the sum subject"
''the bran cats price, n"the rcnd money"
''the Justice of pace" "thc ambrera"
umbrella, "the glad" The eXer-
cises on verbs then follow In
true logical order "ro mat a
friend" "compeny's speaks" Polite let
ter-writing is difficult accomplishment
in any language, and accordingly Mr..
IIara addresses himself to the subject
with great care and fullness. Letters in
English, it appear, should commence
inter ALA, with "My lody'' or "Gcntle-
man." and should conclude with, al have
the honor to be most obedlant humble
/ servants and their contents should be
after the following models
/, "Is the very hot per day, and how do
/ Won do? but am very WELL
"rhis summer would be going TO begin
( the harvest, as your said therefore beg
you to take care OF it,
al will 20 to the tca-house at Somda
/ to cath the pleasant with some prelnd in
( you pleace."
III will be performed my father'scom.
pliments from after noon today, and !
purpose that your come catch this GLAD.
~ did the received your, begs when
, YOU pleased TO me, yesternight, ana VIII
I 90 to Justice OF pace tomorrow.
| II one wants TO write on domestic
occurrences, the following viii doubtless
/ serve the purpose:
,.My wife got the bobe now, but they
! are very we'll"
"Nly fathers sick is very heavy, there
| fore beg you come.
/ al sent into you this sorry letter whlch
the inform my mothers dead"
Merchants writing on business shoulo
do SO in this way
"Docs YOU comeing TO auctioner, AT to-
morrow, for would be sold oil, cloth, an'
toy? 49,,
"What is the bran cats price! And
will buy that goods If that price Is very
low
WHY people should be so anxious 70
hnv cats. and "bran eats" as the Ire
ouent recurrence of the phrase suggests
would be buried in obscurity II we dl'
not recollect that this Is the ingenious
way In which Young Japan Is expected y
smell blankets. When business Is don'
nayment. of course, comes, ana mere
he form of bill OF exchange
"for pound 1000. ~ .m acbanc,
"a please TO pay by this blii eAcuane'
TO Mr.. Tsurda, for 2 1000 pound
There is no need to RECOMMENDS W.
work. for the author does that IN ms con
GLIDING phrase: "This book Is very uss
, full for the world, therefore ! VI" ~, ~ ~,
this book and you do buy II, TOO IN ~
whole. English as she is spoken IN JApa'
is not bad imitation Of the origiu""