The morning times., 1896-05-17

a tan toaster." Missouri slush is
"sposh.' Green corn remains "roast'n
and there COW may give birth TO a
yearling.
New York city itself could furnish a
dictionary OF unnccepted English. water
man says that schooner is ''wung ont
when she sails wing and wing, ard drug
for drew, and 'scrope" for scraped, are
frequently used, 4 member of the New
YORK STATE society has introduced a NUM-
Ice. of odd words from various counties:
"Geeswax Christmas and I'm he ding
swizzed'' and ''hornswoggled'' are used up
the state To express amaZement. The farm
ers of Orange and Sullivan counties have Il
practice of makingtheir maple syrup by
melting the sugar. This they cali 'alama-
goosleum.' On staten Island splendid is
'galloptiOuS,' tidbits are "manavalins,'
and to turn is To ''tarvc.' Patchogue SAYS
"noink" and "suink'' for nothing and some
thing. In the north western part OF the
State. when two young hearts begin to beat
as one, they are said to be ''scamuljugated."
The Ithacan, on entering the house, hangs
up his SHOCK, his hat and coat. The OF
sego thief, when caught, looks 'meeck-
ing, or guilty, even when he has stolen n
mere smitch,' very small quantity.
Quarter-eagles must he more common in the
central part Of the State than in the city
ing pieces and silver dollars as '.ha rd-
tack There slOuChy is "lopholly,' sticky
is ''tacky, YOU Are "hushed" when YOU are
tired, you 'change orr when you move,
You go large when You are eXtravagant
you pronounce hoax as Il disSyllahle. YOU
'pooster' about when you are fussy, You
are in yang when in hurry and when
violent you do things "kahang' - "kac-
hunk, - 'kaflop," "kaslam.'
In The TaniasSna nnountniDe
flowing from the east are sunrise wa
ters;' mule that you can't trGst is IA
confidential mule; railroad train is a
smoke wagon kiss is q ''smoueh:"
cheese Is plural, with a singular cEce;
sugar is "sweetening," but molaSses is
long sweetening;' a man subject 10 fits
Is ''fitiiied,'' and very much is a heap
sight or Il good few" or some sew
eral' or way yander.' man points
TO "A hillside and tells you that lie lives on
yon coast and has good scope Of
land He greets you with How do you
come on?' and asks you To "CCme in and
rest your hat A toothbrush" to him
means snuff stick: ''ill'' means cross:
''Juberous.' tlmid; ''fisty.' mean: ''popu
llr. stylish. His past teuSeS are .'fotCh."
and ''hoip' and ''seCd" and "sunez'' and
''swole. He tells You that sickness
is mighty interruptin' - that it is IA
gosh wet spelr' and hits too my good
ness cold;'' that he has the beatenest boy
and talkenest old woman ever you see"
and that that young flirt is ''tryin' to
get chaw on a feller."
The Sty-baked or Stay-at-home Jersey
matron coasters" or ''porters'' around the
house, calls her preserves "dn-ups," pork
"spack. her husband-if need be-a lob
scouse' or "loper," meaning a worthless
fellow. She sides up or cleans up or
goes strulling,' wasting time about the vii
lage, but She does not Carea Dutch cuss''
about going 10 wn country-tlIat is, 10 New
York city.
From these few points it may be seen how
varied and provinCialiZed our language be-
comes. Each of the States, and each part
of each State, in many cases, affords a
variation on the accepted forms OF mother
tongue. | should like to hear the report of a
local Maryland Dialect Society