The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-09
THE AMERICAN IIILECE


Some OF Its Interesting Pee uiinrities.
From NE Aoad,nv.
Most pcople. II asked to specify the kind OF
language they preferred that their children
should he taught. would namo genuine Eng
lish. Yet they would do 80 unadviscdly. For
genuine English is no longer. practically. our
portion: and our teaching it for everyday
purposes would be an anachronism. Instances
are ost abundant In which we have. instead
OF its words and phrases. substitutes for them.
OF the difference In quality between such OF
these substitutes as are tolcrable and such as
should DO pronounced intolerable. not many
c%eption: By way Of iliustration. in the issue
Of the tn Ed .n;shst an MsNi i e bio for on Nay w q las,
;Mr. Edward Egglosfon's. : First Book In Amer
i ssSso h's St The 4 form I noW e5ssiete i" , |@s
. lss,; s ossp !. thst, IL in tie Il i, Interest tS t I'll so tsaj
and rational culture. / would invite tho alton
ton OF our educationists .
fimsy novels. as an accessary to neurospasttc
ianstieism.M Mr.: EgGleston has given eopiGus
i had o sSort Of f incals CT I Sae"Gft It WAS 81 to e'i my dis:
quiet. therefore. that. aware Of Mr.. Eggleston's
EEs syiss s%s Riipn.rI5i ssn | | Mss ' 70 s + Sl his as
here ]" bsins Ii little ! lifeiiho3od That. as regards
oSs wiIi ad STSa''fhsiE msssIa, b saRseS' Wien @HE
dressing the young. than when. address,
IT the S' aFirst T BOOK n h"e Am sH%'"f' Hi @Sass'
am not here concerned: hut our teachers
them how l fn nrofas naye the /. c Mort is sm nssprinhlS cd
with locutions which go far to realize finished
Ssse siss9vspsa My s ssnsISs., ,SF s s6s .h and,.it Sa.,
from 1t which follow; or these quotations tho
t ,lcss g aS% p,s sXIiGp% zen its mi'uses of par
Lille columbn: he studied much about geography.
we cannot tell the story of the war here; you will
study 4Ss ss" +, !! ., II ,sr sss s Inst ,siox.a alan, III. shore.
Henry : . hon. tara h. souIs md way to get
- SO be turned around. and marched swiftly back to
liz %ssa 70 carry Letters r r n, in tn. crown of his
HWashinrtoa was a az the North watching New York."
I'm one counon az the south the indians refused to
"Wirs ...e,eh.d s@h and far. asso.. the ROOM"
:.Ss.y sh a se's Fl. : s. ssSSn ssss,. = = = . , :ias!. lock"
: .ss.j.m,n m r,sT ..4s slow to : IT., was s. Ssr ,s e Boston,, - ss,,
The professor . had not eaten u mouthful in
"jshsr:9n ~: sen. to take Frankiin's place as
:sonesimes b. studied nfteen hours IN a day"
:sinii sns fRs1 q. me mos: :ss or sse :: sss q ats snsmi "ssd'
they determined to SGT up as Aeountry to them,
King Henry the seventh fitted up Cabot with an.
ITO %ats money : Z rs whale n L Ibis IN, men
dollar apiece to see tho wonder"
Several Of the aberrancies Indicated are. It
Is true. OF almost universal currency In, the
United States; but yet. as having no good war
to be discouraged. salient among them are
have been transcribed. are producible from
t iane a.ise m %sRss o, u spsscs sI %hieh MI. Egs s'sss'n
would haye done well TO avoid. arc. with o
host Of others. such as these:
81. II aagd Tint rho Indiana ,rou'a mi .,a,.f 4, u,tA;
when they came TO night hi. w.j.drii.d English
'"his wife helped him to as,.d tie She"
" .The rrs ss @.s s sr;u on ont e 81 d ISs st!'sraph''
"WA.hins,on had al his camp ore. buzz W"
,io %ss 20 s, st ira i srsm TN S S1fss. claimed "a' hey "'da
They believed that Africa rsaohed esa, to the south
The inds. oe"9.d.a to I erni.h the .aooc
HE ola moi has. much appetite" "He did MOI hare
r: TSs, '9 s;S,, ". .M!. md ,a RS, ass u; .sss Ssi, matter"
,, nh ~ t ts,s.s s xs'i:. i s..n sse , ssI! men and ships to
:iIs , we ~ s out 50 T g =. : AZ" (. ~ w". postmaster
.iis%s. only sisss IVY; When: .non, md ,,,
III ;;.s si% e . ;$::is:; (. y TT r.: :S tt! 'S wary way ' 10 iai IA" hat ia'
pr s,ssr'.@ nile r., MADE sss g. PES: :ssin: VIM" y. 6; %sis%
arms .sIs and af nd Sim ae as,'i !" ta ~" sh4 sP'' "''A up
Little Gscrrs Washington went to a 'Aoo' 'a19" byn
aESsn IL he had wanted Il. he could not have wasted
hi. 1i%s John sm sy rs.di"s eI "ai.Y s'Gs o: Of trinke,.
Vie ."s made his entry In a triumphant process.
q" :Ts ysf i! S'st 8 r y; f, st ,fis; ' S.ss t" ''is; ne ais not ~.
$50 r~srankhn's father 'o's III" "a'A''9 with him ''"o'
!, i 4. y s,ss ca. n. :,S 81 g, sss, ai 30 'n' ct. 'T Ss c SST,. s"n read 1t
The plentiful specimens Of bad grammar
and ~slovenly construction AFFORDED are, ior
Of orthoepy, be allowed more than = glance,
with other deyiations from the best American
English. exhibited in the nhrases ihstanced
above. are such tint n" eV wnnss ac"uninta S@a
with our dialect deserves to be accounted
critical. Some. however. therenre among them,
their old estatu~as is miniOnt for u~niess-which.
nearly as much for the great majority OF our
scholars dM as for olheg !, ,h Srsm sb bo lII1 be- men ahnosd.
Only In America. ] believe. Is the verb empty.
except as mcaninG thS ooi humbl eMtr rp,s,iG any p
into The Xld Ss""'u Again. keIp dnisi.' instead Of
exc hsip 10 mn,sk' be It ss ss Is Way s soefnsd 10 - Inn IN
discourse Of plebeians. And not a shade more
reputable. here in Great Britain; and barely
moi ISrs. iii hJt Lace. &c, though their pre-
tensions 70 resnectabiitty are observably dif-
ferent In the United states, unfamiliar .
whether it is not as ludicrpus. to the full, as a
patriotism. having made bold to this extent. I
think 1t prudent to forbear INDUCING in
More or less as much as the language OF
Scotland. American English. as q whole. has
i" entlties Itself more and more to, that IdIessiar.,
nation. How difficult It is for an American TO
hssg issf irG IN ths Ts,sara Y S sssiis ss0u Hag q.
zine. which has Just been set on foot. the very