Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1889-01-26
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A Man Who Tried to Adopt Spanish Rules
to English.

A Man Who Tried to Adopt Spanish Rules
to English.
A gentleman who has but recently returned
from California was met at the Weddell
house yesterday. He is an interesting con-
versationalist, and master of the Spanish
language "The letter u in Spanish" said
he, ''is a puzzler to those who first attempt to
learn the language. | will tell you story
which read il California paper that will
illustrate this" The story ran something as
follows: "A few days since a stranger from
the unconverted wilds of the east, where
mugwumpery was born and tenderfeet attain
their highest state of sensitiveness, came out
to Pasadena to visit a friend While walking
along Fair Oa Is avenue one day he said to
his friend:
There goes man l met at La Junta,
giving the j. its natural sound
"'You mean La Hunta,' replied his friend.
That is Il Spanish name, and in that Ian
guage -" takes the sound of "H"'
Is that soi Well, | must try to catch on
to that After strolling along short dis
tance further lie asked:
Where are the caves of La Jolla which
see 80 much about in the papersi
You should say La Hoya caves They
are about three miles this side of San Diego.
Darn the anguage; it breaks me all up.
That's pretty nice house over there-that's
Armijo's house, isn't itr And again he gave
the u its proper pronunciation.
"'You meaI the Armeho house. Yes; it's
good one, too
'Damsicha way of abusing the English
alphabet. | reckon, then, that must be
Hevene's store which | stopped at in Los
AngelesP
mo, that Ia not Spanish name think
1t is French. However, it is pronounced as
spelled, Jevene.'
"'Weu, how in Santa Fe is fellow going
uo tell what is Spanish and what isn'ts Why
couldn't they build their language the
original planr
"'Oh, you'll soon catch it. You will find
1t safest to give the Spanish pronunciation to
nearly everything here
IAN hour later he sat down at the table of
the elegantly furnished Carlton hotel, and,
after scanning the bill of fare, the stranger
said TO the waiter:
"'You may bring me nice huicy piece of
roast beef, some pigs howl with caper sauce,
| some fricasseed hack rabbit, some pork with
| apple belly, some boiled potatoes with cur
rant ja-I mean currant ham, and, ah
| some'-
| AT this point the waiter swooned and the
| guests in the room let out roar of laughter
that gave tho chandeliers the chills and fever
| This made the stranger mad, and he leaped
TO his feet like a crazy man, took of his coat
and threw it down on the floor, stamped on
it and howled:
| "'You fellows are trying to play me for 6
sucker, but, ty the eternal, you have struck
the wrong snag. | am disguised cyclone
from Illinoy and can lick the whole crowd
| Spanishi | cln sling more Spanish in holy
| minute than Montezuma could in a whole
year. Let some idiot pull off his hacket and
| hump into me, and the first time l hit him
| he will think he has the hiuhams. Spanish
| My name is Joremi-I mean Jeremiah Homes
| from jacksonville, Illinoy, and when my
| dander's up I'm ravin' hyena. You played
me for sucker, but you mustn't nudge man
| by his looks Whoop go round the hubilee
| Somebody come out and face me Let some
| himcrow galoot come to the front and crit
else my Span sh hargon.'
His friends got hold of him and took him
| from the room, and as he went through the
| door he remarked:
| - i can take holie but it makes me mad
| for lot of hackasses TO play rue for q
| greeny.' &C leveland Leader