Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1900-12-24
HOOsIER DIALECT.
some Interesting Pecuiiarities q
Language In Indiana.
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some Interesting Pecuiiarities OF
Language In Indians.
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Particularly marked Is the similar
ity between the folk speech OF the
northern part Of the tate and that of
the southern part The settlers in; the +
north came mainly from New Eng ia nd Il,
Penns ylyania. New York and northern
Ohio. and in con auencc there eXis Is IN z
the. north a s'trong Yankee tMang. IhoseS
in the southern part came mainly from
Virginia, Maryland, southern Ohio IN e \
Caroiinas, Kentucky V and Tennessee and
the dialect shows The southern influence
containing some points OF sinli larit y 20
the negro and the poor White or A
A.scracker' dialect.
The expression right smart, as mi
the sente nee. HE has a right smart
chance of corn. is an Illus tration of the
dissimilarity The expression Is used
generally in General ana southern w
diana. but is rarely mat with further
north. II is Worth noticing that while
right" in the sense OF very Is SO
much used in the Sput h al TO be e0nslu
Tered by some writers asoutheif pre-
svincialis,la ii is as we'll descended $
most English words The Psalms have
II myself viii wake right early
Not only hasq folk speech never been
uniform thruout Indiana, but exact
geogra phicai bounds cannot BE- giSen8
l.to the Honsisr dialect II does not end
With state lines, but extends beyond
them into Kentucky Ohio, Michigan
and Illinois. gradually becoming nioai-s
Flied and shading off into other ditlects-
Much the same may be said in regard.
Ito the other dialects extending into In
jdiana Doubtless alsoin many states
lfursher West there are colonies Of
transp.anted HoosierS Where the dialect
I is spoken in almost its original purll2.
/ while ain over the United States eN-i
/ pressicns of Hoosiei' birth had become
1 donaiciled
/ This fact is ii has ALWAYS been true
and never more 50 than in hese days
OF rapid Communication ard shifting
popl,lation. that iii nothing IS he sttl5
is,lent ef folk speech 50 liable 10 error a.
n assigning geographical limits 70 q
4 word or phrase s3ur ocal dialects
ifrom which We get n,any Of ou.l fcli K
4 Wort and phrases are pretty thorough
IN mixed.
For examl,,e, take the familiar word
note, a word which We Know did ffs
~ = MT ia Indiana. yet which has be-
como q mar, Of Hoosiei ,siaiect Most
r,sTso,s n questioned a ID the origin
4 ay n az mis- :woisl Mould doubtless
8 ,nse,S (, Win the negro and certain
/ i,Sis ,ha. rho pe:s tally the
4 !, ., 3, dialect stories USES the word
e ssresly. A. q matter ess fact. how scr,
~. I, "a ,yss IN tIsa III Virginia Il lea st
.,s e.a,,,,- * 1917 when there Nero feus
N, !. ,,,,r.. w,;te. bond servants silan
49,, 49, s,...r.. negroes There are old
! sS !, Il, mast roads il Maine where
i ,,,r swere mn known thal went b
~ : q, ,,ca ard f,ir,her-
80 't't,a word tote WAS a. common
i, during ths. seventeenth
80 tn must there
49, ~. is rat Of African
81. ~ ~ confined 70 locali-
~. -. - :, re Found.
-, another wore
!, ), y,.;tl, in lialect bn
s, santlnsa ia the narrow
4 I, 1,hack .-,aN. siteak
s. Cnarle.
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