The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-01-08

Tho Primary Expression.
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''"'' i' SUI u ,"u'"'"l an Owe, que H,I'"n
"'Iin' ana 'n' pnr"Ne la"N'e Dop'Ie Son
l"' ui> one ''U'' 'i "h'.u'' M H"7ISn
fsS'us i''Il' -" ~
i@'iie SNOW '"f'n'"-
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'"'' e''i' "' '"' q" '"' "''"s
ll' in''ili- ana ''''F''l'" "i 'ne ""iu
lai~'' ana 'N' ''''i Oh 'n' song ana 'ih
Ono explanation gwen oi inc "or" Yankee
dates back a' Tar as I'I'- "hen innre was a
Iuht. i'iU ''"''I "''''' ''''''"'h
hastings i' was "a ''ililiar acquaintance
oi ih' college students, 'I thao period ana 10
was r'pu'ri that hr invented ihe word
40 anf iat" he used Do constantly m the
presence of student, ana others as on adverb
o. signify % high degree of eNocilonoe-for
example, go laus'" good horse, ankce
good cider. Ihl, u-', % Dis >aii, The students
adopted. and after leaving college spread the
knowledge of Do in place, near and distant
It's first appearance on record, SD Tar a7 the
~sayist know. i- oi date 1925. when am adj
Ncrti~emcnt appear ioi th' SaIe"t tho'incts
OF an tu-l,h r.h'rmAn ODD h'fp'ih, Eng
Ltnd- Ono li'm "i Zoe lst was. ''n' negro
named Yankee Many plausible sl-.eS
tons have been made some ODD earnest and
some apparently ma iroIlrsom" spirit, That
The word l-ot Indian origin bY some ~ has
loon traced fD the Cherokee Indians and by
Others to those Of Vow England Among
those who manifest sincerity 900 thi, way the
c--lfist m.ut lned the author OF "a history Of
the Norlvlau missionaries W Isis. "a writer
in the Worth American Revue" about lhe
sumo Iii' ana oi more recent ''''' Ut
iIunilnH- lhc lhI.'.'-
Tine theory Ie iH'' f''N'. I' '' a'',inp'
'' 'u, in' F''' '"
it'h i"' '''' ".' 'N". '.' Nus
i's'h .'H-ih'' ODD TOD. 'E' 'h' 'N1' '"e
writers nave BEN ml,I'i hF 20 resemblance,
real or iauclrI, do the sound of certain I'M
dian words, he held DO to b" mp'-ihi" 10
believe That tnr word rs OF lnllHn origin,
when % Is considered that none Of the carly
accounts oil tine dealing OF "hlte men with
Indians, from ihe Fifteenth century forward
make amy mention oil d. Nelther capt
John Smith. nor the father OF Ne" England
nor Roger Williams. nor John Eliot. nor
Hutchinson. nor Balknap ever appear 10
Lave heard Of such % suggestion.
The cs>lyI-t found "a perfectly Ineligible
and natural explanation OF the origin and
primary significance of tine word IN tine
Dutch word. of which the substantive formis
Jlnkcr and Che form of Tine 'erh 'Janhen.
The meaning oi th' verb Is to grumbl"- To-
,n1rl, io quarrel i' ~c'ii ihf meaning oi
Che noun D., 20 ho".'r, "a cri'r, % "'epcr' a
barker -u-ei Do i- oppressive 'l contempt,
d~arloion, "r ~"uJnr-iii'" I' can "a mana
barker "I h""l'i D. rluiFalehi oi Us 'N'oliy
the same i' i' eau hlln " l'-' ana 'u Almost
a|l languages ana among 'I NATIONS 'u'h an
appelailon is One oi h~.pafaseiuent ana
abuse.
The cssaylst gives a luminous account OF
the rivalrle> Janlousies. controversies. and
cil-hiueS Whl'h occurred lh carry lIihe' De
tween tine Dutch settlers oi New Netherlnnds
and the English vino mhahlied Ne" England
and had any occasion t' deal win the Dutcu
m any form lhe feeling OBJ "hia-'nlsIn ana
contempt Tor the EnSI'H ,o.oHl',, coniinued
long aittr thr ''Iiiu,Il "l ~" ''ln'Ii'h'9
hAi come unlrI En5iI'h donii!l'"' ana lne