The Meeker herald., 1891-10-24
HEARD IN ENGLAND.
Some Thinee Eugene Field Learned
in London Town.
4 iist ss Article. 10 whish the fnEhsh
Assiss Ass,ss offering from These
We Use-lsaiI.stnsss sf spssss
fs~S~L. Esssy Shore

Wo Ueo-ladissfthse ~ "b~~
rs~SsLs Esssy sysLsTs-
You must pardon me for using that
wori molasses. Having lived sls
months in Britain should have said
,reae!e. writes Eugene Field In III"
Chicago Nevs- ! study 10 he correct
oven in little matters Of this Kind, but
! ind IL very bAri IoconfoEm To English
as IL Is spoken this eide Of tho saline
pool.
Quite at random I made up list of
articles Ia ~hish tho Engllsh assign
Ram's differing tT1Hi those No use;
That which ~ call bOEi Ia her"
known rs basin. In England you ask
tor basin o' bEs - sai milk.
Thz; which ia LHsWH 20 ~ Is pitcher
IL h'Fn ca:ifa a ne,
donkey heFe j. called mokei IN
Ameflra riose b . nesro, Local slang
for y rab-hor.s- eats meat becsnss
the mea, % h1Esi g. p04Il'd around
the ssrcr,l is- 9 .H' Ia r-is- hy III"
say. irii..h ,-a's .frr'sU much larger
than oGr Ams't-E ISIS. znl they arc
Ro,orioes obi. L. l.ssrs The hEiaige
cat seems 10 ~ r. llEsrlpredt-
Wha, 80 sai..fs -eis sro here called
~ I,'sts'; ss.ess. tsa 'A'' - ''''''
What a. eiIi sh1ns FRO here known
- hooi1, Sni rhzt - ezii boots s'c
here known as Liurhrrs- Itero 4, ono
shoe rs.:-,i the hl.p, because IL run.
h'sh irum the hr'i - tzes Of tho snsi.
and il cut lbs h iriHt
our irs-.sis; l. here chemist. many
= the ol,ioE l.FartiiilHor' retaining iho
old peillns-''5Ayn';."
WA; No call aip - hero known a.
b!lirg becT.
VITA, IL hero known - bash -.
SHOULD call = s,sW. zui uiat Wn call :
Aash IA here EEsSn As ininrc.
In inr..ni our 0yCsvuzt i.1-Sm"s .
srr4, cost. our urirrsL.Ft becomes =
vest. ani OUT drzU'r, h.c0mn p.nia-
looms IL Il s.ii tiis; Nh"n ''cu-.c ",
chi!is. 81 Thl.sir:phla. Nas IN London
anumh"r ~ yr.fa ssu hc Na!h'I lnio
ha,"'iashrry. zfst. ss'E.nt Ia apprar 10
b. native. as4'i - b. sh"sa IN"
style, IN sI:s ea.stco.ts "Jc-m~,,"
cried the proprietor 10 his a1s.sI=s'.
step ,hi, way and show this iiamnEI.
can gentleman our fuN"ry Nrshit,''
MIA; No call sick tho EHr:.shman
call, ~: sickness hero implies nausea
and vomiting, Tho British usage is
wrong; but tho ls,r p!rLarl .r.n,
whl,S sr''!ci tho roin, rr"iiy dchnli..
~. How rarsr the liFst.sh 10 fa:l into
;hi, prrrcraIpn9 H. Nss. I tL!EE. be-
cause tho i.Eitizh can 80 nou i.cFc except
by water; that travel hy water induce,
unplcasau; syr r;ums Of NAUSEA and
ro'rhlng. which condition, called sick.
meas, gradually raric 'n h. rcaar,l-! -
III" coFrrci definition Of the word SICK.
meas. can't ir.s=ino hoW the ilritihh
Justify their use Of ihr words hom-.ick.
hcaris!ck and iotcslsk.
ilcrp they cali .trvc,-caF = ram;
correct. Herr. ioo, IN elevator Ia = li.,,
and that !. right.
WhA, We call a q lc.:r=Et g. here called
telegraph; 4, ~ili probably never -
determined which o' thrsv u.4e., il tho
better. Our ros;al-canl !, n.s- a pos,.
carl; rar. L~s"tno wrists.
That material Known to u, q, canton
flannel IL hero called Nwan's-,ioWn. and
our musl.a is known hcrcabou; a,
calico.
Our locomotive be- sotncss engine. and
our conductor IL herr. guard.
What We call stgvlu= lru'iasry ;"rml
the british call t.mul"TiH-; our lunch
is herr luncheon. aud orr baggage bo.
come, luggage.
Oar wheat - ca.lnJ cnrp. ard our corn
Is called fna,zc. or sometimes Indian
corn. rigs' leo; A. raiirI tru;icrs isy
the way. a theatre! uamu .us bad
actor u ruttCF.
\ chill" 10 hcrc raliai ! ''rigor." and
tho eruption couisonly known among
us a. "hi,cs' is hcrc known a. "nC,ilo.
rash" Candy IL yaFipully known a.
''swccts, "swcctinoat," aad Jolly"
Writing TO John Smith. your social
equal. you arc expected - alircu him
as John Smith. Epq.; II no bo your
tailor. grocer. etc, you address him a.
Mr.. John Smith.
Tho word apt" /. "scoolingly popu-
lar here. /; IA ''apt - rGln," "apt TO bc
muddy" a man Is "apt to 60 down
town." bank IA APT - suspend" etc.
Even the best prints use this word as n
synonym ;oi "likciy" and "likc."
Another leioGrism everywhere prcva-
len. in the United Kingdom Ia the use
OF tho advcrb ..dirrcily" for the con-
lbiadkiVli hoDH ~ LHf HAA'NAiN
went out shut tho door" Charles
Dickens, who was quito slovcnly at
times, seems to have bccn addicted TO
this indc'cnsib.c vice.
What docs this EritiBh word left
tenant mean? | should like to know.
Quite" IL another hackncyed word
here; /, is edged in upon every occasion.
Tho first criticism would pass upon
the press OF London wou,l be Tor tho
indircctncss Of it's speech. Waon
newspaper writer wishes to convey the
IDEA that yesterday was a pleasant day,
he says: Yesterday was not an un-
pleasant day a good F'ay rs mot
half bad" hir.ors,!s srcr'h Ia mot
unrclicvcd hy wit" ri0tuusly APP
plaudcd ndlret; Il "not wholly unnc-
ccntcd hy demonstrations Of approval"
and so on, ad infG. ct al naGs. Now all
this sort OF thii. ia;.y be subtle ami it
may be c0nsar.'.tivs. MT It - not in tho
spirit OF the A;..-lo- ,.:.1n, aad it vcxcs
me to inl so litt,c of the Anglo-Saxon
In the Literature, tho speech and the
practices of the worry people where l had
thought to find so much.
Human BEINGS Ten Feet nigh.
In n prehistoric cemetery lately un-