Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1885-11-15
THE SLANG OF AMERICA.
a Very Disagreeablc Habit That II Con
stnntiy Growing.

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race and range or time and is the culllng
and composition OF all. From this point
OF view, writes Walt Whitman w the
North American Review, SC stands for Ian
guagc IA the largest sonsc, aud Is really
the grcatest Of studies Il involves so
much: Is, indeed, u sort OF universal alb
sOrber. cOmbncr and couqueror. The
scope Of Us etymologics u the scope not
only of man and civilization bat the his
tory Of pHturc IN all departments, and Of
the Organic universe, brought up TO date,
fora are couprChendod in words and
their backgrounds. THIS is when words
become yluiliZed aud Stand for things, az
they uhcrringiy and very soon come 10 do,
iu TIC mind that cntgN on their study
Ewith iitlmg spirit, grasp and apprecia-
ton
IN The process of Word-formation.
myriads die, but hcrc and there the at
tcinptattrlcts superior meanings, becomes
( valuable and Indispensable aud lives for
ever Thus the term right means literally
! only straight Wrong primarily meant
| twisted distorted. Integrity meant one
ness Spirit meant breath or flame A
supcrcllnuus person WIS one who raised
| his eyebrows. 10 insult was 10 lean
against. Is you influenced man You
bat flowed into him The Hebrew word
I which ~ translated prophecy means to
bubble up and pour forth 80 fountain
I Tho enthusiast bubbles no with the spirit
OF God Within him, and il pours forth
Iron him Ike a fountain The word
prophecy Is misunderstood Many sup
4 pose IL Is limited 70 mere predictions that
/ is hu, the lesser portion of prophecy
/ The greater work Is 10 reveal God. Every
| ,olgious enthusiast ~ a prophet
! IL is IN cm ryuns and childhood, and
/ among the lltcrutC, we always find the
( groundwork aud start Of the science OF
/ lnuguuee, and It's nUblcst products. What
/ o relief most people have IN speaking Of a
mau not by his true aud formal name,
4 with q "Mistor' to 10, but by some odd
or homcly appcllalWC The propensity
I To approach a meaning not directly and
squaroly, bat by clrCutous STYLES OF cN-
1 prcSsiuns seems Indeed a born quality of
/ ;lc common people everywhere, cW-
! dcnCcd by nicknamcs and the inyctcratc
/ determination Of the masses to bcstow
suU-titlCs, sometimes ridiculous, Romc-
/ times very apt Always among the sol
| dicrs during the secession war, one heard
/ OF "Little Mac Gen. Mcclellan, or Of
/ "Uuclc lilly" Gen. sherman, "Thc
/ old MANI was, Of course, very
common. tmoup tho rnul and
I Ulo, both armies, ii was very
general so speak OF The different states
tacy came from by their sLung names
Those from Maine worn called pnvos
New Hampshire, Granite Boys; Marsa-
/ chusetls Bay Skaters Vermont, Green
Mountain Boys Rhode Island, Gun
tlinlsi tonnrclcub Wooden Nutmegs
CHM Cutchrrs, p.unsvly,ui, fn,,l,5'n
lleuds, Delaware. Muakrats. Norylo,d
CuN. 1G,iwopr.. VirrirI,, p,,,,l,,. ,l.s,i,
Carolina. Tur Eolltrs, Snulb gnrnltun
Wpn4cIs GrnrgIn ut,llo,ds. 7 ,,,isia,,"
Crcoles; Alabama. ti2Lird, KcntucCv
Corn Crnrkrr., Ohio Rprgcrns. htiII
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llliuni. Nnrt,rs. ,tiesnrri nm. M
j.sipni ,rnd f., Ir.. fl,ridn In,, H., e.,
grrnk. Wisconsin, poI,,or. ',
lJawEeyo4, orooon ItnrJ G,yas t,IonI
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,hnn once made mr., eidcntg "Gid
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poiut ,,1pnrr,,nr ana T,'io, ,n-, ',
auoihpr
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