The Meeker herald., 1892-04-09
ENGLISH AS SPOKEN.
Amusing Peculiarly Of Pronun-
citation In England.

from north to south, east to west.
and amongst all ranks and classes.
II even in any given locality, an uni
form system were adopted. the mys-
terry would not he 30 inexplicablc.
Take til. nor, hern 'l" for instance;
mug becomes ''moor.' and sugar
'rhuegar."
A scotchmnn writsI The first time
landed at Euston Sss-lon ! went
for "a cab. and asked abby whether
he were disensaecd. could not catch
his reply. Are yon engaged" i re-
peated,
"Fo Weslnh. SAL" h. replied.
said. Look here. | wan, n cab.
Are you engaged"
"Fo wc-lnh. sa,"
beg pardon"
"fo wc.lah. sa1"
will you toll mo she,her you are
engaged or mott Yes or nor"
80 weclah. sa'"
Calling. n porter. remarked that
cHbby was apparently - foreigner
who did not understand English, and
requested him to harn whether he
was discnsns.i, Tim nsesr,ainci
that. accordin. TO English as she is
spoken in London. >f'o werlah. m"
stood for -Four wheeler. riEr"
TIL. most noticeable thing to
Scotsman j. how the language be-
come, -mnculn,ci immediately on
crossing the border: here n no longer
any backbone in it Tn. letter ''r"
has mostly disappeared. and the ne
.cp,.d accommodation 81 come o! tho
yowcls has no place IN ihu Euslish'
mans mouths. &, ,ir long 20 in
yafiably issues from English lips as
low"
But. ns already stated, ono cannot
formulate any rule on whb-h our
friend, act in their tnanItr O! speech.
For instance. the upper bok down on
the lower cln-sc, for drokpin. tho n"
| There's the story, of c3r- OF 'h-
servant girl who was bsk~I II her
name was Anna" or n Hannah"
Hannah. SIR" she rc&!cd.
ION. Hannah"
Now. sir. Hannah"
"iiannnhf"
"Nov. Hannah"
"spcll Il. please"
"ifai.hcn'h-n.hni, 1fa}nah."
Vol. the lower elias. op the ''h."
and. by n double shuf'!1 stick It ON
again a, the wrong plss\ bu, tina, /.
| .pnar-ntly = matte. Of ksnall impor-
| lanc-. The members 4 tho "uppA
.ucrie' look down uponth~n. and to
show how III. matter shsild In, he has
| a bi, o. n double shuttle IL his own nc.
cunt. Porter" "~aitS. with him
bccom. "pa~tah, ""wai;th." but APP
par-n;ly having some kind o! hasy no.
ton that tho le,tcr"r s,ogid come Ia
somewhere. he wai,a unii hr co1es
across such words as 'lidia.' idea,
rte. whom h-compromis's by changing
them into "indiar." ''idsAr.' etc. in
this way Kidding himself II some 9th.
surplus stock OF tho lc,tr ''r' which
must have accumulated IN HE hands.
f. i. insui'crrhly yulsaf to drop the
III" bu, the best Of 81 IN" to drop
tho thus. tho En.l eli "ma.ha'
zoe. out "rydin'. and hs horse 500
"-pankin' - nlon. a, "rippin )"
rate.
I,u, an Enrlishman !. Justly famed
Tor his notions oi isir.I lay. so SEQ
ton OF the population be-,o~. its
| sympathy on tn. poor -. and, in
mistake about IL. being there.
| they slTAN Nl spN'NHHN, Nv
think" "anythink" -,c. In Tact
there is regular game '' .-"saw.
lilo Law Of average seems to put
| matters right.
There il a common quJ in Scotland
to the ioilowin: Gle t.
"Duenld. wass you on tho pier this
mornin'9'
81 did"
An lid you scc Tonnld'"
81 was-."
Strange ne Il may appear. some.
thing like this occurs all over England.
Ansiicisc,l Il would read
John. were you on the pcca this
mawnin.'"
II was"
Have you seen Toni
no. I amt" lam notl
There IL no present Indicative oithc
verb to have not IN the English a.
she is spoked in south of the Twscd.
The one word "niif'r'' stands for "am
not !" "arc not" nud-,o save mental
worry pcrhaps-is also made to do
duty for have not" Thus AN Eng.
lishmnu would say Il ain. going" II
amt been there"
Scotland was opposed to be tho
home of the piper.. but therN are. per.
hans. more piper IN London than in
all'broad Scotland. only in London
they are news" leg pardon MODS
pipers." There was once a Cockney
ndutnnt in scots regiment who
used to get matter somewhat mixed
over the letter "a lie would call for
the markers "FaI in the mahkas.'
then in checking of these individuals.
he nigh, find "a Company marker
nwnnting.
Where IL the mahka for II Com.
pany1" he would -hout.
Immediately the bsrrack yard re-
sounded with ''Msrkerfor II Company
wanted
Come along. Any one will do"
Two or three men would rush for
ward and declare themselves to be
members of "T' Company.
II don't want II Company. I said
y Company.
Finally "A" Company marker would
come forward and would get wiggine.
and, on being asked didn't he hear
II Company marker bein' shouted
for'" would ,remblinsly reply tina.
he thought it was II" Company man
was wanted.
you're too snury, you are. You'd
bettah gov and leun your avlphibi'
over asyne."
Scots people sometimes wonder
whether the English eat their tea or
milk be>ides satiua their soup or por.