The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1908-07-26
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.

] nnd the unusual spelling skydsddie for 9 iamiii1f
this amounts 70 anything more than a mispdnt. is
there any authority for pronOuncinS I! ne: S wsyi
For prououncins IL what wayi The uss of the
last Of the novels does not necessarily Imply that
the word ever was sounded skaidaddlo. for the
sounds denoted by y are various. Il Is not q mis-
print. for this spelling 10 found In the original
publication Of Emmet's song. The word broke
nto general use In relation 10 the battle OF Bull
Run, 10 which the wisdom Of that early epoch OF
war ssived Its pride by deciding that the Federals
In q mastery manner retired upon their base and
the Confederates skedsddled. OF COURSE the
word Is far older: II Is not even OF American coin
age. 1t Is found In English provincial dialects. In
Lancashire and Yorkshire particularly. and u has
proved Q delight to prankish scholarship 70 run
II back to . Greek original.
Kindly inform mo By reterence to your Ale. or
other means which you no doubt command whether
pe sn nsns q i New Hs@' YORK city city i -. n ascfd :dfsI lssssasa
within tho. last ten .yeers.. Within the last week,
hu aaSS soa Mssn p sss sA. sH%,ns :so ssoe % !. a's q t as,
erees 6maHimum for the daN and aIometer
% prs::Ios L y ssss II l'i Is. yes ss.r 1H rom 20 , isSAf g. .s Sy i los
: June sso 9s JgiE I, dss Sss not ss saI" INC sS.r sss meter
was wen UP to 70 degrees. Has my % Mn,ors played %cr
Tho records show no change ct aiin the seasonal
constants Of the climate. The temperature data.
the reading Of the. thermometer and the humidity
petcentsge. have been worked out In careful detail
for each ten day period on the basis Of obsorva-
lions spread continuously over thirty years and
more, and the figures OF this average accord very
closely with current daily observation. So far 90
figures can DO counted upon 70 tell any sort Of
story the climate IL not changing In summer or
winter. . -. s. ~ .
So the word "sninsd- sounds .!nslsg.n: and in.
sS,.i may Ssc.iii from some good sasShei" various
Wei. what Is the matte. with the King James
Deut. x1IfI. The Lord shlnsd forth.
iS II, I e. i styo oas' .s :sn s sssS l. Ss ;Sin mined.
Eek. tlh: Z ,.shlned With ~; giorys
Nothing the MISTER with -shInsd- and I, L. -sle-
: .assoa ss' Il r. i !. ' &c S:.. f L &. f se.l e.. give 1t
KMo jams.
All these shines are good, though archaic: but
they arc wide of the mark. Tho question was
| distinctly formulated - to the verb TO shine In
It's tranHtive sense. Specifically u called for settle
ment of.a question ss to It's ~preterIt. whether Il
shone my shoes" or Il shined my shocs." %
NV, W.. r.. matt ..m ,q ~ :,s 4, = that is brfws s.. ss.s.d
Leigh gives this history In. explanation OF the
name: The malt liquors previously In uss were
ale. beer and twopenny. md II was customary to
call for . pint or tankard of half-and half, half Of
ale and half Of beer. In the course Of time II also
became the practice TO ssk for Q pint OF three
thirds. meaning q third OF ale, beer and twopenny.
To avoid trouble HsrFood. . brewer. made .
liquor which psrtook OF the united davors Of ale.
peer ana twopenn!, oennt " " orsasue ou.s
cssk or butt Being reiishcd by porters and other
working people, II obtained It's name Of porter and
was nrst- retsiled ~ the Blue Lasti in Curtain rcd"
II was introduced about 17so.
What 10 the name OF the offence in old English
law corresponding to the moro modem oornertng
LAoAts LsIoh.
Two items cover tne tfsnseeuon. Inc former
10 known a. which mas oeen oennea
Is buying vietuals on tneir way 70 msrxet before
shsy reach u WIN ,in.sn. 70 sen ssem ess,u ~ :
EDWARD Vi. ,Ais VA. m iaaiet.els oa.nes .ssln:,
a.4s !. insss'Is v. ssnss.a. cea,s!asa Win
rerratinr. which Ia By denniuon every. practice or
deviee by Act. ,oouspfraoy. word or nova 70
| enhance the price Of ~yietuais or other merchandise.
I reSsm inss sno9t sSe 2sncc o. our ~ waf 81
sasipss thslf bes, prcStscicnsis and dsfestea ali
e' Dss,ioo s. . ssuss. a, /. race ia xas,.sd. os;o.
Der =. issi. hs ran .ysiy: m.ls. In y minu.ss . sec.
u ,m,,s. n "a r.,nas.s y s.conds and Nm. ,sn rni,e.
| ia 81 minutes 10 seconds. "A year and a half later
| May n, isss, peeroot was defeated by White, who
ran ten miles In 81 minutes 10 seconds.
European hlstory' eliiA n1.xss.
The term has Osen tvie. applied ras Italian
eo.s,. ~ssrn ...s ~. sn,,asn. cSmm.ra avsr ~.
S,.ns, S,.,sS rn... ,or,,-.... e.. u.n,,.
on the Mlneio. peschiera on an island In the same
| river. Verona and Lernsgo on the Adire. .Posses,
| sion of these polns was yielded 10 the Italians in
| October. 1855. and by that act united italy became
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