The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-10-29
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CeapIaant Aeaaast Se0s OHDeseSea.
ahlas RArases laesspssateA
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II was = complaint against the older
English dictionaries. q It - still 2
complaint against the modern FrsAHA
ones. that they were too unbending IN
their attitude toward the language
which II II the lexicographer'S function
to expouna and not to dictate. says the
New York Herald. ,., s.
Language. 1t was urged BY the revo-
lutionaries. was horn hrst:: the diction-
AIRY - we'll 90 the grammar came after
ward. Just q. It = the grammarian's
business to discover and record not
merely theirules unconsciously formed
By the human instinct for order. but
also the exceptions resulting from itsl
occasional lapses into disorder, % e.
Il the business Of the photographer to-
record Ill words universally accepted
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.,,,,ti.,s .srs. - ,,s.,,t, 4, .s,s,,st., =.
decorum. For that subtler sense, they
argued, was often q self delusion in the
pedandc brain born Of false standards
shifted "a 3 hrrlnader has,a q would ia
1onnd thsf hea,,tv ana ,li1ritv ana a.
Comm we're .iike consa;;ved 4 an "A:
dit,ona ~ the l.n,n..;. vhich v,ndi.
cated their ftnas. ~ ss.,rvival
Nov TIM. hro.a,v .t.t.d tho .rvrs
mani ant" :. , not a. "r-;.ht.o.,. o ~, nnt
-,sht.o,.,v .,,..rirs ~ 1.o,,,n,s,,,t -
tho revoi-t,om. r,ea h..ed mon thi. =. =
snr,.nt v.s AZ n st;cs 10 mr. -. ..-,;e,
1sction.rsa. wh.tensr ,n.v y. -.
tr,th .ho,,t ~. rrsroh N..,a.n..1I-
T. nav he .ctnoviedcad that thev i..r
toward a deyitalixinx conservatisml.
the tr,th ahont Enslish snaakin1 an.
thors ana authorfties n that thev have
alvavs shown : villinene.s - accent
and circulate all new verbal coins.e.
that rine true. II ! nav word .vlere
frash.] VIGOROUS. distinctive. and. ahove
an r. Il sunnlied Al ahso,,ita nead ira
writer's have taken IL mn ART ana Inc
photographers have FOLLOWED a thair
Make. ~, a -; -,
Thns the word "mob" which va
ORIGINALLY = contraction ~ : contr.c-
ton. prohahly. made ~ tia verv ..mo-
bile vuleus'' NJ vhom- the 3 Aim nhr.aa
vas leveledg from the s.ynohiie I. "a.
which the learned had REDUCED that
nhrase. vas 'first sanctioned Nv Drvder
ana Pone. and then ACCENTED hy the
dictfnnarv mt,xkcr,aL Ana ths,s INA xor5.
"swelw and ..snob. :. which vere. n,oh-
ablv Of univeraitv ~ MISREPRESENTATION
oriein, have Win thu helm n Th.ck.
erav found their NV into ali diction.
,anes IN these ana similar resss ~
abhorrent vacuum sucked them n.
az lata years hovever avon ~.
Z, rore r.h;d - tho ,evo,,,tinn. ~. s
.n,,.rant,vs nr y, - I'M ~ ,.,, Is
rsnh1rs vvoras S.vs ~ 49,. - . .s,
,v,th,n Tho co,.r. ~ ,..nt.h,s .,,o.,s,
s.,as a.. - 81. n,,,,s s,..s.,, x
or,eir not onIv osser.,.a ~ -, ts. q.
s.scci.t i'm ~ MT onIs sr,s.. .. ' =.
.sros nut ,ret - All ,.,nts -. =.
r,vsl mann. thev hove ~ 800. ~. -.
h.,n., s,S n-d ,sn: -. 800. - S,s's -
49, . .,..,. .,,..s..-s.,.ss , -.
NJ "N ,.+s.t A sss.. .. =. ., ns.a
- .h ' r. ~ m.nw o, ~. - s.o Iss.ons.y
sa Mas :. .,.. ,...s "sys SA.e'en. ~
. 1919. =. ~ .,. ~, ,,,,,...sse " apu.l per
.a. y -, - ~ e,..s s.s.. :; 1 y. 1p's
-. 49, S Sa"" ..e.e - .'lo sl..us, =.
,,,.. ,...shsh,a - .,..... "e es IN .csluen.s'
.,4. az. -. . na,:t,a 49, a.Ousn ,ts leI'e-
;sasv4,e.s, !. s. ...s:.s..Ns :. :. =. NM
.sss. 80 - !. ...s,s s'neu. !. = unnec.
e,as. =. - ne..n ~ ION. =. a.se oiea
sss = .ns 1ya. s, lts Dlr1n. But
t..s 49,. - ,.:.as ''y, :. 10y no" le-
.s.u no'so'1e permsnency. Fof
ishly than photographer follows. lexi-
cographer.
Once In the dictionary. always n The
dictionary. That is the peril OF giving
acceptance to offensive innoyations.