New-York tribune., 1910-02-13
THE TRADE PATOlS
1T KEEPS LANGUAGl
EYER NEW
Most ETclusiUe Of VernacuIars
That of Professional
1UiatiOn. :
1UiatiOn.

ties we are apt to overlook our ouro ~
guage as one Of the greatest Of thes. v.
think Of Chinese as intricatsIy varied 10
Esperanto as unique, vet our present dav
American speech is made up Of both n.
these qualities. with a generous dash q,
the echoes Of Babel 10 help along the zsr-
eral variety. Nor Is II so much 70 be Won
dered at when Guido Vipari Israel Soo-
mon. Patrick Flanagan. Herrnon Won Katz-
enjammer and Pierre Colette all rank thAn-
selves good American citizens. but the SIR
Prise comes when we find how little fbsss
really have 10 do with the formations n.
those inexhaustible sources which keep our
language ever new-vocation vernacuIars
Probably the newest and most exciusivs
Of these vocabularies and the one Of which
the least Is 70 he found in the dictionary
Is the vocabulary Of professional aviation
AS a trade lingo" IL IS yet in i-s swat
ding clothes. yet IL has possibilities tina.
extend the scope Of the skies. and from tn.
Interchange Of challenges which have. a..
ready taken place among cloud cIeavers Il,
won't be long before the terms OF the a.
profession, trade or what v0rJ will H7s
their way into the racing column OF .ha
sporting page. When this happens then
indeed. Will another new vernacular b.
machines that carry motors apply 70 the
mechanical parts Of the airship but thers
is a peculiarly UnworIdIy significance abou.
the expression. "sathering through aYr.
that Is particularly suggestive cs boring
through the feecy centre Of a cloud. "C,lsh
Joining on an up gust IS also ELOQUENT -
this growing form OF navigation. and "Aao
along as we'll as fan aheaf' NAV ba
placed in the doubtful class between sian,
and idiom-
To the newspaper reader dirgible. aero
/ drOme aeroplane, aerocurve biplane. mono
| plane and even aerodynamics are familiar.
but on the cant air. lanes, wind levels and
sv-ells, gull wing. curve mushroom heal
and uneasy air are still a Dir new Twiz-
zling, IateraIs. Caisson. undertook. skin
| plating. coamings. nosing. cloudbreakers.
bulge. shunt. dip dial, expansion tanks,
vacuum chambers. pressure tempered. dor
| sal tank, vortices. beak air. suctions. bow
rudder undertanked. cloud belts and kitti-
wakes all are new in this relation and have
a wealth of suggestion 20 the mind ot the
uord lover; and from these words ia soon
70 germinate a trade talk as interesting as
IL is needed to make stories OF aviation Wv
idly descriptive.
Probably the rext new vocation vernacI-
lar IS that Of the wireless telegraph sys-
tenn c. @. D. has almost been popularizsd
as an everyday expression since Jack"
J Binns clicked il cut TO the listening world
but jar1mings antennae, Tggerz. faradz
/ billy farads micro farads. hslixes putting
/ bilIies earthinss. resOnanters. oScinatO-s.
| syntonics. spark gaps. wave radiators. DE-
| tectors and crests. nodes. grids loops. cores,
/ ccherers inductanCe. SIaby-ArCos. Pot
/ BranIeys Bradfelds. Brauns and Fsssen-
/ dens are vet 70 be Culled out and accepted
/ or discarded as terms that may be used
/ ir general application.
{ In the midst OF that mysterious masl-
| strom the curb market on Broad street,
where more than 800 100000 worth o,
J business is done in a year. the spoken Ian
| gl.aee is more remarkable even than the
! sign language. which IS made from curh'to
/ windows which frame excited operators
/ waiting for signals telling them whether 10
buy or sell. This speech is mainly 40
/ sorbed from the stock Exchange. and "
/ consists OF give-ups. cash. regular "ay.
/ three DAYS. killing par. shorts. bulls, bears.
/ lambs. loading up. unloading. margins. OF
spec. change. choice. common. pool. long.
sellers. tape and ticker. point sheet bulge
/ call copperS- wash sales watering stock
SC6Ipllg IeA4lEtIE. N---kio1sfCe +-4'*-~-'
| fractions. twisting the shorts. corner. furry,
insiders point. put. tndustrtals. gFansefs'
rallies and reactions
The theatre. too. has z tschnidle quita
IT'S own. aside from the lansuase OF me
chorus girl and the most unlettered seems
shffter knows by heart and uses by nature
of his 1abors such terms as fats. drops
tornentors. teasers. footA borders pro
STTT-e~S WIGS
flies. Dit. comp. dead stick, and Up. half 10
! or dim the lights With equal familiarity
he speaks of ones doing stock or hea'iss'
business" first nigrter greenroorn. goes'
uake-Ip- sct-up. Up stick tights. syr1Ihs'-
ricaIs. star. soubrette. leading mar. n
eenue. Juvenile man. character man ValA'
ing gentleman first and second ca MAJ,
utility man. thinking part and 'shtrtfronlS
From tha different mechanical traces W
CLEAN sistcrhooks. Contcais- mahil0'us
gudgeons. stuffiug box. governor s1nS A'-
fuses. worm gearing, underclutch A'1.'"
ircns. dashpots. frog. earn. ZaX ciaeh Fai,-'
chuck clutch. eccentric. peen. CraEhp. ~.
bIe-bubbIe bilhoOk. butteris. adzs' >'s'
and scorifier. while as a specific paf' o. y
chaniCs autOmobiling has added rs Wv
o. skiddins Sparker. cranker. clH'cH' -
power steering knUCki-S, cooler -
buck and buckle. gabriel. Slreene LIS
cale. turtle turn. three leg slide. NO.
frzzle and sizzle besides an entlreN
profane vocabulary coined for th7 Hi''
lists use alone
Iayman smoker uisht hesitate "
eff the end Of his fayorIte pertsc0
heard quotations in the tobacco mar
shoestrins. adocl kite foot. bull faes'
stem. fat lugS. pIebald aud U.s.
cIardv. socch. hurley loveIady. long -
shagaheavy. tags and gaioonS. v'. -.
to these in terms angIcizsd for da'S -
rerciaI use are also quintal lehaiV'
capadura. fine. resaso. puesado -
banco. Iimpic caIldld, capa, mtd1i0
barado amarillo and SeCudlo- ,.
Even the common talk OF c''lo., '. .,,s,,
fact,,rc sounds like an echo from fe' 80.
when ore hears of uoiIS Sluohins' "'f nj
cil1irr nuuso bacl<nashing. burrlhs'
halls card IN. card strip. comoeu -,
Grabbed. sill balls. waste ro'ns' -.
varper. spinning mule. jenny S''r .r.se
rseIer picker. sperdcr S'asher, dt"""'
and Jack frame ,sss
Electricity gives Us ions. on'''S' '.-.stsr.
arodc. cathode. straiations. ,,.,sr.
voltaics. S.!vanics. aststicS kin5t'cS ,,r,-
IT.. cIsrrroki7eticS AMI elCctfodN -
o,.~ The free list cf the FaNhS -.
hrtbelv mentions Spunk cudoeaF. ' ,oi
Ians kicserltc pUlu. dragon ssme
I,,,-iiya There are common or"S IN.
90 hs found free among the tTeCS- uhls
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