The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1890-12-12
HEARD IN ENGLAND.
soms Thines Eugene Fasad Learned
h London Town.

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1fevaus Eveeywheee.
You must pardon ms for using that
word molasses. Having lived six
months In Britain I should have said
~treacle, writes Eugene Field In the
Chicago News. I study to be correct
ever In little matters Of this kind, but
and Il very hard to conform to English
as Il 10 spoken this side Of the Saline
pool.
Quito ct random I made up . list Of
articles to which the English assign
names differing from those we usa:
That which NO call . bowl 10 hero
known - . basin. In England you ask
for . basin Of bread and milk.
That which 10 known to US - . pitcher
Is here called . jug.
A donkey here 10 called . moke: in
America . moke is . negro. Local slang
for . cab-horse is eats meat" because
the meat Of horses is peddled around
the streets for feeding to cats. BY the
way, British eats average much larger
than American cats, and they are
notorious chicken.killcrs. The brindle
cat seems to he the commonest.
What we call crackers arc here called
biscuit, and ] suspect that this 10 strict
" correct.
What We call shoes arc here known
~ boots, and what We call boots are
here known as bluchers. There is one
shoe called tho hilo. because 1t runs
high from the heel up back Of the ankle
and is cut low in front
Our druggist is here . chemist, many
Of tho older practitioners retaining the
old spclltng-"chymist."
What we call alc is here known as
bitter beer.
What il hero known as . hash we
should call o stew, and what we call .
hash is here known as . mince.
In England our ovcrcoat becomes .
great coat u undershirt becomes .
vest. and our drawers become panta-
looms. 1t is said that when George w.
Childs, Of Philadelphia, was in London
o number Of years ago he walked into .
haberdashery, and, seeking ~ appear to
DO o native, asked 10 be shown the
styles In silk wa:stcoats. "Jccmes,"
cried the proprietor to his assistant,
.step this way and show this Hameri-
can gentleman u fiowery weskits!"
What We call sick the E%ng.ishman
calls i'll; sickness here implies nausea
and vomiting. Tho British usage is
wrong; but tho late Richard Grant
White settled the point pretty definite
~. How camc the British to fall into
this pcrvcrs;on? 1t was, I think, be-
cause the British a go nowhere except
by water; that travel by water induces
unpleasant symptoms of nausea and
retching, which condition, called sick
ness, gradually came to be regarded as
tho correct definition Of tho word sick
ness. Ican't imagine how the British
Justify their 8 Of the " .rds homesick,
f, heartsick and lovesick.
Here they call q ~street-car Q tram;
correct. Here, too. nm elevator is . lift,
and that is right.
What We call . telegram is hero called
. telegraph; it will probably be
determined which of these usages is the
better. Our postal-card is here . post
card; cuffs become wrists.
That material known to us as canton
flannel is here called swan's-down, and
our muslin is known hereabout Is
calico.
Our locomotive becomes engine, and
u conductor is here o guard.
What we call stewing Culinary term)
tho British call simmering; our lunch
is hero q luncheon, and our baggage be-
comes luggage.
Oar wheat is called corn, and our corn
is called maize, or sometimes Indian
corn. Pigs feet are called trotters. Dy
tho way, a theatrical name for . bad
actor is rotter.
A 'chill' is hero called q ''rigor," and
tho eruption commonly. known among
US rs "hives' is here known as .'ncttle.
rash." Candy is v~ariously known as
'.swcets," ''sweetmeats' and "lolly."
Writing to John Smith, your social
equal. you are expected to address him
as John Smith, ESQ.,; II he be your
tailor, grocer. otc., you address him as
MI. John Smith.
The word s'apt" Is exceedingly popu.
lar here. 1t is .apt to rain, - '.apt to be
muddy" q man is ':apt to 60 down
town. bank is "apt to suspend" etc.
Even tho best prints use this word as Z
synonym for ''likely" and like"
Another tefbarism everywhere preva-
lent in the United Kingdom is the use
Of the adverb directly" for tho con.
junction ''as Don as"-c. e., directly hc
went out l shut the door," Charles
Dickens, who was quite slovenly 81
times, seems to havc been addicted t0