The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1892-04-14
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In England ono universally hears,
and most English writer's use, differ
to" rather than differ FROM" though
whom pinned" down usually admit It
to DO incorrect. They "tako in" tho
newspapers, M expression where We
economic n word by only "takingrit It.
Attractive" Us a personal equality.
carries further TO the English mind
than TO tho American, who, for quail.
tiles beyond tho social, rs in Il. suites.
man or commander, would uso "mag.
n%ctic," and thereby acquire n finer
shade OF meaning. A gentleman asked
mo If l didn't find the English "homo.
uncomplimentary as to acknowledge in
in an American sense Of the term. SEQ.
Ing my hesitation he changed II TO.
"hospitable, which most enphatically
could assent to; and assent
also to their having the bet
tor OF us in that word which
so beautifully conveys its own meaning
and bears not tho slightest resemblance
to its American prototype Of i%ll.favored.
Clever is short English for intel
lectual." while tho American use OF the
word is quito tho reverse. "Sicl" Is
never used but to discriminate the kind
OF "illness," an adoption We NAV wisely
make. Remember" is "mind.n Fur
niture Is not "rcmovedn or STORED"
but "warehousod." Tho expression
top and bottom" of the street or
town Mt first strikes ono s,ngnlarlyEbut
it is easier said than "pbper"o or "low-
or part of the same, and certainly con.
veys tho same meaning. "Stores" are
Shops" and rs VIC 90 shopping" why
not shop" in Shops" II IN England
we wish to 'shop" for a spool of
thread" we ask for n "recl! Of cotton"
for Canton flannel" "swansdown
calico" for 'shirting,N'I Mcalico,n
though an English writer on American
isms asserts that VIC ask for a"web OF
muslin )" or II We wish samples" 1t is
necessary to ask for patterns" 4 q
While Americans have been much
and descrvcdly ridiculed for their ab-
breyiations Of gents and "pants,"
| lave seen both used in England,
which does not, however, prove 1t Il
commcndable custom, but only cxem-
plifics the folly of throwing stones by
people who live in glass houscs.h
Draper" "haberdasher," "'ironmone.
or" &C., o briefly designate tho
kind of SHOP than do the American
equivalents.
In Observation-Disclosures may
have been his verdict rs, to tho rclativ 70.
order Of different words-this unpreju-'
diced umpire must, If letters have any
arbitrary Specification, give tho victory
to America. The corruptions OF the ig-
norant have, however, SO engratted
themselves upon the mother tongue,
many times even changing the spelling
as when Rue du Roi became Rotten
Row--that the true Briton looks with
indulgent pity upon one who, ignorant
of the valuelessness OF letters in these
exceptional cases, uses them with the
power bestowed upon him by linguistic
English authorities.
AT Oxford you must never betray
your non-insularity by mentioning Mag
dalen College, which to all good Eng.
lishmcn is "Maudlin." ChoImondely
is "Chulnly," Leicester, "Lester;" Mary
lebone. "Marrowbone;" while st. John
as q family name becomes "SinIin."
Clerk is universally called Clark"
though by what rule Sc, can be made
to have the sound of "a" doth not ap-
pear; perhaps by the same rule which
too many Americans apply to Every"
pronouncing it "vary,"- until in Eng
land it is accounted an A~mericanism.
American railroad is English "rail-
way" and everything connected with it
is known by a different name, some OF
which better convoy the meaning, while
in others we have the advantage.
Station" is certainly more correct than
"dcpot," borrowed in spelling, though
not i'll pronunciation or in Specification,
from the French. In England you
book" at the Booking Office will. the
booking clark" Will. in America you
"set your ticket" at tho "tickeS Office"
Of the 'tickct agent"
The car is called a Carriage" and
that European vehicle partalses more
Of the nature OF a carriage than does its
American prototype. The baggage
car is 4 luggage van,:: and, of course,
baggage" is luggage" but why-as it
is neither universally Gagged" nor
"lugged'-notsacrific e economy to truth
and give it the comprehensive, Latin
name "impedincnta?" Freight
trains" are goods trains" perhaps
equally significant. "Checks" would bo
"brassos," if travellers in England ever
had the good fortune to use them, and
the trails are called metals" neither
OF which words conveys the idea OF tho
use Of the metals" or their.kind. Soon.
ductors" are guards" and, as they both
conduct and guard the train, have
perhaps equal significance. When
about to start the conductor shouts
"all aboard" the "guard""tako your
seats SO in the interests of brevity we
would have the guard shout "all
aboard" "Street car" is "tram," each
perhaps equally appropriate; so again
the shorter would win. The Telegraph
operator" becomes Telegraph CLARKE
while operator conveys Il added
dignity, We might accept Clerk
"clark" never. )
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