_receive_ information; to _teach_, means to _communicate_ it.
"I don't think it is so." You _do think_, that it is _not_ so.
_Ever, always._ "I have ever been of this mind." I have _always_ been.
_Ever_ and _always_ are not synonymous. _Ever_ refers to _one_
indefinite period of time; as, "If he _ever_ become rich:" _always_
means _at all times_.
_Excuse, pardon._ The former signifies to release from an obligation
which refers to the future; the latter, to forgive a neglect or crime
that is past. "Excuse me for neglecting to call yesterday:" _pardon_ me.
_Remember, recollect._ We _remember_ a thing which we retain in our
mind; we _recollect_ it, when, though having gone from the mind, we have
power to call it back.
_Defect, deficiency._ A thing which is incomplete in any of its parts,
is _defective;_ a total absence of the thing, is a _deficiency_.
This subject will be resumed in the appendix to this work.
* * * * *
CORRECTIONS IN ORTHOGRAPHY.
From among those words which are often erroneously spelled, the
following are selected and corrected according to Johnson, and to Cobb's
Dictionary.
INCORRECT. CORRECT.
Abridgement Abridgment
abscision abcission
achievment achievement
adze addice
agriculturalist agriculturist
ancle ankle
attornies attorneys
baise baize
bason basin
bass base
bombazin bombasin
boose bouse
boult bolt
buccaneer bucanier
burthen burden
bye by
calimanco calamanco
camblet camlet
camphire camphor
canvas canvass
carcase carcass
centinel sentinel
chace chase
chalibeate chalybeate
chamelion chameleon
chimist chemist
chimistry chemistry
cholic colic
chuse choose
cimetar cimeter
clench clinch
cloke cloak
cobler cobbler
chimnies chimneys
chesnut chestnut
clue clew
connection connexion
corset corslet
cypher cipher
cyphering ciphering
dactyl dactyle
develope develop
dipthong diphthong
dispatch despatch
doat dote
drouth drought
embitter imbitter
embody imbody
enquire inquire
enquirer inquirer
enquiry inquiry
ensnare insnare
enterprize enterprise
enthral inthrall
entrench intrench
entrenchment intrenchment
entrust intrust
enwrap inwrap
epaulette epaulet
etherial ethereal
faggot fagot
fasset faucet
fellon felon
fie fy
germ germe
goslin gosling
gimblet gimlet
grey gray
halloe halloo
highth height
hindrance hinderance
honied honeyed
impale empale
inclose enclose
inclosure enclosure
indict endict
indictment endictment
indorse endorse
indorsement endorsement
instructor instructer
insure ensure
insurance ensurance
judgement judgment
laquey lackey
laste last
licence license
loth loath
lothsome loathsome
malcontent malecontent
maneuver manoeuvre
merchandize merchandise
misprison misprision
monies moneys
monied moneyed
negociate negotiate
negociation negotiation
noviciate novitiate
ouse ooze
opake opaque
paroxism paroxysm
partizan partisan
patronize patronise
phrenzy phrensy
pinchers pincers
plow plough
poney pony
potatoe potato
quere query
recognize recognise
reindeer raindeer
reinforce re-enforce
restive restiff
ribbon riband
rince rinse
sadler saddler
sallad salad
sceptic skeptic
sceptical skeptical
scepticism skepticism
segar cigar
seignor seignior
serjeant sergeant
shoar shore
soothe sooth
staunch stanch
streight straight
suitor suiter
sythe scythe
tatler tattler
thresh thrash
thwak thwack
tipler tippler
tranquility tranquillity
tripthong triphthong
trissyllable trisyllable
valice valise
vallies valleys
vise vice
vollies volleys
waggon wagon
warrantee warranty
whoopingcough hoopingcough
woe wo
yeast yest
CORRECTIONS IN ORTHOEPY.
The following words being often erroneously pronounced by polite people,
as well as by the vulgar, their correction, in this place, agreeably to
_Cobb's Dictionary_, it is presumed, will be useful to many. Some of the
mispronunciations given are _provincial_.
1 2 3 4 1 4 1 4 1 3 5 6 1 4
Fate, far, fall, fat - me, met - pine, pin - no, nor, not, move - tube, tub,
7 34 37
bull - oil - found - -_th_in - THIS.
ORTHOGRAPHY. IMPROPER. PRONOUNCED.
4 1 4 4
Again a-gane' a-gen'
4 1 4 4
Against a-ganste' a-genst
4 1 4 1
Ally al'le al'li'
1 2
Are are ar
4 4 1 1
Azure azh'ur a'zhure
1 1
Bade bade bad
1 11
Beard bard beerd
4 11 4
Been ben or been bin
22 11
Bleat blaat bleet
1 34
Boil bile boil
4 4 5 4
Bonnet bun'net bon'nit
2 66
Brooch brotsh brootsh
4 3 4 4
Canal ka-nawl' ka-nal'
4 4
Catch ketsh katsh
4 1 3 1
Causeway kros'wa kawz'wa
4 4 1 4
Chalice kal'is tshal'is
4 1
Chasten tshas'tn tshase'sn
4 1 4 1
Chimney tshim'ble tshim'ne
3 1
Chine tshime tshine
34 1
Choir koir kwire
4 4 1 1
Clevy klev'is klev've
4 4
Clinch klensh klinsh
5 4 5 4
Column kol'yum kol'lum
5 4 4 4
Combat kom'bat kum'bat
5 1 5 4
Comma kom'me kom'ma
1 4 3 4
Coquet ko-kwet' ko-ket'
3 1
Corps korps kore
4 4 4 4
Cover kiv'ur kuv'ur
11 4
Deaf deef def
1 4 4 1 1 4
Decisive de-sis'iv de-si'siv
1 5 1 1
Depot de'pot de-po'
4 1 1 1 1
Depute dep'u-tize de-pute'
4 1 1 1 1 4
Deputed dep'u-tizd de-pu'ted
1 1 1 1
Design de-zine' de-sine'
4 4
Dint dent dint
1 5 4
Docile do'slle dos'sil
4 4 4 4
Disgust dis-gust' diz-gust'
4 1 4 1
Dismay dis-ma' diz-ma'
4 1 4 1
Disown dis-one' diz-one'
1 4
Dost dost dust
1 4
Doth do_th_ du_th_
66 4
Does dooz duz
11 1
Drain dreen drane
37 37
Drought drou_th_ drout
37 4 37
Drowned dround'ed dround
4 1 4 4
Ductile duk'tile duk'til
1 4
Edge aje edje
1 1 4
Either i'THur e'THur
4 4 4 4
English eng'lish ing'glish
1 1 1 1
Era e're e'ra
1 1
Ere ere are
1 4
Fasten fas'tn fas'sn
4 7 11 7
Fearful fer'ful feer'ful
4 4 4 1
Figure fig'gur fig'ure
4 11
Fiend fend feend
4 4
First fust furst
34 1 1 1 1
Foliage foil'aje fo'le-aje
3 4 3 1
Fortune for'tshun for'tshune
3 4 3 1
Fortnight fort'nit fort'nite
37 37 4
Fountain foun'tn foun'tin
4 4 4 1
Fracture frak'tshur frak'tshure
1 4 1 4
Fragrance frag'ranse fra'granse
1 1 1 4
Futile fu'tile fu'til
4 4 4 4
Gather geTH'ur gaTH'ur
4 4
Get git get
4 4
Girth gurt ger_th_
66 1
Goal gool gole
1 1 4 1 4
Going gone _or_ go'in go'ing
66 1
Gold goold gold
66 4
Gum goom gum
1 4 4
Grudge be-gretsh' grudje
4 4 4 4
Gypsum gip'sum jip'sum
4 4
Has hez haz
1 4
Have have hav
11 4
Heard heerd herd
4 4 2
Hearth hur_th_ or ha_th_ har_th_
4 4
Hiss siss hiss
1 34
Hoist histe hoist
4 1 1 1
Homely hum'ble home'le
4 66
Hoof huf hoof
3 4 5 4
Hostler haws'lur os'lur
4 4
Humble hum'bl um'bl
11 4 4 4
Jesting jeest'in jest'ing
4 4
Kettle kit'tl ket'tl
4 4 4 1
Lecture lek'tshur lek'tshure
4 4 1 1
Leisure lezh'ur le'zhure
4 4 1 4
Lever lev'er le'vur
4 4
Lid led lid
1 5 1 4
Lilach la'lok li'lak
66 1
Loam loom lome
1 66
Loo lu loo
1 1 4 1
Maintain mane-tane' men-tane'
1 4 1 4
Matron mat'run ma'trun
1 1 4 1
Mermaid mare'made mer'made
37 37
Mountain moun'tn moun'tin
1 4 1 1
Nature na'tshur na'tshure
1 4 1 4
Neither ni'THur ne'THur
1 11 1 1
Oblige o-bleeje' o-blije'
1 11 5 1
Oblique o-bleek' ob-like'
5 5
Of of ov
1 34
Oil ile oil
5 4 1 1 1
Only on'le _or_ un'le one'le
1 4 4 4
Panther pane'tur pan'_th_ur
4 4 1 4
Parent par'ent pa'rent
2 4 2 4
Partner pard'nur part'nur
2 4 4 1
Pasture pas'tshur pas'tshure
4 4 1 4
Patron pat'run pa'trun
4 4 4 4
Pincers pinsh'urz pin'surz
4 4
Pith pe_th_ pi_th_
11 1
Plait pleet plate
1 1 4
Poem pome po'em
1 34
Point pinte point
5 4 4
Pother poTH'ur puTH'ur
4 4 1 4
Precept pres'sept pre'sept
1 1 4 4
Preface pre'fase pref'fas
1 1 4 1
Prelude pre'lude prel'ude
1 4 5 4
Process pro'ses pros'ses
1 4 5 4
Product pro'dukt prod'ukt
1 4 5 4
Progress pro'gres prog'res
1 1 1 11
Profile pro'file pro-feel'
4 4 4 4
Pumpion pungk'in pump'yun
4 7
Put put (verb) put
1 34
Quoit kwate kwoit
1 1 4 1
Rapine ra'pine rap'in
1 11
Rear rare reer
4 1 4 4
Reptile rep'tile rep'til
4 4
Rid red rid
1 1
Rind rine rind
4 4
Rinse rense rinse
5 4 5 4
Rosin roz'um roz'in
87 1 66 11
Routine rou tene roo-teen'
4 66
Roof ruff roof
4 4 1 4
Sacred sak'red sa'kred
1 4
Said sade sed
4 4
Sat set sat
1 4
Says saze sez
2 1
Scarce skarse skarse
4 1 4 1
Schedule sked'ule sed'jule
4 4
Shut shet shut
4 4
Since sense sinse
4 11
Sleek slik sleek
4 4 1 4
Sliver sliv'vur sli'vur
3 7 1 7
Slothful slaw_th_'ful slo_th_'ful
4 66
Soot sut soot
4 4 1 2
Spikenard spig'nut spike'nard
1 34
Spoil spile spoil
4 4 11 2
Steelyard stil'yurdz steel'yard
5 4
Stamp stomp stamp
4 4
Stint stent stint
1 1
Sword sword sord
1 5 4 4
Synod si'nod sin'ud
1 1 4 1
Therefore THare'fore THer'fore
4 4
Thill fil _th_il
1 66
To to too
37 66
Tour tour toor
4 4
Treble trib'bl treb'bl
1 3 1 4
Towards to-wardz' to'urdz
5 1 1 1
Trophy trof'fe tro'fe
1 1 1 1
Tuesday tshuz'de tuze'de
4 4 4 1
Verdure vur'jur ver'jure
1 4 4 11
Vizier vi'zhur viz'yeer
5 4 5 1
Volume vol'lum vol'yume
1 4
Were ware wer
1 1
Yea ya ye
4 4
Yes yes yis
11 33 4
Yest yeest _or_ eest yest
4 4
Yet yit yet
1 66
You yu yoo
1 66
Your yure yoor
1 66
Youth yu_th_ yoo_th_
1 4 1 4 1 1 1 4
Ague and fever fe'vurn-a'gur a'gu-and fe'vur
3 4 1 4 4 1
Alternate awl-ter'nate al-ter'nate
4 4 1 4 4 1 1
Annunciate an-nun'shate an-nun'she-ate
4 1 4 4 1 4
Andiron hand'i-urn and'i-urn
4 1 1 4 4 1 11
Antipodes an'te-podz an-tip'o-deez
4 4 4 4 1 4
Apparent ap-par'ent ap-pa'rent
2 1 4 4 2 3 4 1
Architecture artsh'e-tek-tshur ar'-ke-tek-tshure
4 4 4 4 4 4
Assumption as-sump'shun as-sum'shun
3 4 4 1 3 4 4 1
Auxiliary awks-il'a-re awg-zil'ya-re
4 4 4 4 4 1 1 1 1
Certiorari sash-ur-ar'ur ser-she-o-ra'ri
4 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 1
Christianity kris-tshan'e-te kris-tshe-an'e-te
4 4 1 4 4 4
Clandestine klan-des'tine klan-des'tin
1 4 1 4 1 4 1 4
Coadjutor ko-ad'ju-tur ko-ad-ju'tur
5 4 1 4 5 4 1 4
Compendium kom-pen'de-um kom-pen'je-um
5 4 1 1 4 1
Connoisseur kon-nis-sure' ko-nes-sare'
1 1 4 4 1 4
Courteous kore'te-us kur'tshe-us
4 4 4 4 4 4
Coverlet kuv'ur-lid kuv'ur-let
37 4 1 37 4 4
Cowardice kou'urd-ise kou'urd-is
1 4 4 1 4 4
Decrepit de-krip'id de-krep'it
4 5 1 1 5 1
Demonstrate dem'on-strate de-mon'strate
1 4 4 4 4 1 4 1 1 4
Desideratum de-sid-er-at'um de-sid-e-ra'tum
1 4 1 1 4
Diamond di'mund di'a-mund
4 4 4 1 4 1 4
Discrepance dis-krep'an-se dis'kre-panse
4 4 1 4 4 4
Disfranchise dis-fran'tschize dis-fran'tschiz
4 5 4 4 5 4
Dishonest dis-on'est diz-on'est
4 3 4 4 3 4
Disorder dis-or'dur diz-or'dur
1 4 4 1 1 4 1 1
Electrify e-lek'tur-ize e-lek'tre-fi
1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Emaciate e-ma'shate e-ma'she-ate
4 1 1 4 1 1 1
Expatiate eks-pa'shate eks-pa'she-ate
4 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 4 1
Expiatory eks-pi'a-to-re eks'pe-a-tur-re
4 4 1 4 4 1 1
Extempore eks-tem'pore eks-tem'po-re
4 1 1 4 1 4
Feminine fem'e-nine fem'e-nin
4 4 1 1 4 1
Frequently frek'went-le fre'kwent-le
4 1 1 4 1 4
Genuine jen'u-ine jen'u-in
2 11 2 1 4
Guardian gar-deen' gyar'de-an
4 4 4 4 4 4
Gymnastic gim-nas'tik jim-nas'tik
4 1 1 4 4 1 66 4
Hallelujah hal-le-lu'ja hal-le-loo'ya
5 4 4 5 3 4
Hospital hos'pit-al os'pe-tal
1 4 4 1 4 4
Humorous hu'mur-us yu'mur-us
1 1 1 1 4
Idea i-de' i-de'a
4 1 4 4 4 1 3 4
Ignoramus ig-no-ram'us ig-no-ra'mus
4 4 1 4 4 1 1 4
Indecorous in-dek'o-rus in-de-ko'rus
4 4 1 1 4 1 1 1
Irradiate ir-rad'e-ate ir-ra'de-ate
4 4 4 1 4 4 1 1
Literati lit-er-at'i lit-er-a'ti
1 1 4 4 1 4
Maintenance mane-tane'anse men-'te-nanse
4 1 1 4 1 4
Masculine mas'ku-line mas'ku-lin
4 4 1
mur'kan-tile }
4 4 11 } 4 4 4
Mercantile mur-kan-teel'} mer'kan-til
4 4 4 }
mur-kan'til }
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Meliorate me-li'o-rate me'le-o-rate
1 4 1 4 5 4 1 4
Molestation mo-les-ta'shun mol-es-ta'shun
1 1 4 1 1 4
Museum mu'ze-um mu-ze'um
1 4 4 4 4 4
National na'shun-al nash'un-al
1 4 4 1 5 4 1 1
Nomenclature no-men'kla-ture nom-en-kla'tshure
5 1 4 5 1 4 4
Nominative nom'e-tiv nom'e-na-tiv
5 5 1 4 5 4 4 4
Obstreperous ob-strop'pu-lus ob-strep'er-us
5 2 1 5 1 1
Octavo ok-ta'vo ok-ta'vo
5 1 1 1 5 4 4 1
Oratory or'a-to-re or'a-tur-re
1 4 1 4 4 1
Parentage pa'rent-aje par'ent-aje
2 4 1 1 2 1 4 1 1
Partiality par-shal'le-te par-she-al'le-te
1 4 1 4 4 4
Patronage pa'trun-aje pat'run-ije
4 1 2 1 1 2
Patriarch pat're-ark pa'tre-ark
4 1 4 1 1 4
Patriot pat're-ut pa'tre-ut
4 1 4 4 1 1 4 4
Patriotism pat're-ut-izm pa'tre-ut-izm
1 5 1 4 1 5 1 4
Philologist fi-lol'lo-jist fe-lol'lo-jist
1 5 1 1 1 5 1 1
Philosophy fi-los'o-fe fe-los'o-fe
1 1 5 1 4 4 1 5 1 4
Philosophical fi-lo-sof'ik-al fil-o-zof'e-kal
1 4 4 1 4 4
Plagiarism pla'ga-rizm pla'ja-rizm
5 4 5 4
Possess pos-ses' poz-zes'
5 4 1 5 4 1
Possessive pos-ses'siv poz-zes'siv
5 4 4 5 4 4
Possession pos-sesh'un poz-zesh'un
1 4 4 4 1 4 4
Preventive pre-vent'a-tiv pre-vent'iv
1 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 4
Pronunciation pro-nun-se-a'shun pro-nun-she-a'shun
1 4 1 1 4 1 4 1 1 4
Propitiation pro-pis-e-a'shun pro-pish-e-a'shun
5 1 1 5 1 1
Prophecy prov'e-si (noun) prof'e-se (noun)
5 1 1 5 1 5
Prophesy prov'e-si (verb) prof'e-si (verb)
1 1 1 1 1
Ratio ra'sho ra'she-o
1 4 4 4 4 4
Rational ra'shun-al rash'un-al
1 4 4 1 4 4
Sacrament sa'kra-ment sak'ra-ment
1 1 1 4 1 1
Sacrifice sa'kre-fize, sak're-fize
4
_or_ (fis)
4 1 1 1 1 1 1
Stereotype ster'o-tipe ste're-o-tipe
1 4 1 4 1 4 4
Stupendous stu-pen'du-us, stu-pen'dus
1 4
stu-pen'jus
1 5 1 1 4 1 4
Synonyme se-non'e-me sin'o-nim
4 4 4 4 1 4
Transparent trans-par'ent trans-pa'rent
4 4 4 1 4 1 4 1
Transparency trans-par'en-se trans-pa'ren-se
1 4 1 4 1 4 4
Tremendous tre-men'du-us, tre-men'dus
1 4 1
tre-men'jus
4 4 4 4 1 4
Verbatim ver-bat'im ver-ba'tim
5 2 1 5 1 1
Volcano vol-ka'no vol-ka'no
4 1 4 11
Whiffletree hwip'pl-tre hwif'fl-tree
NOTE 1. - When the words _learned_, _blessed_, _loved,_ &c. are
used as participial adjectives, the termination _ed_ should
generally be pronounced as a separate syllable; as, "A _learn-ed_
man; The _bless-ed_ Redeemer;" but when they are employed as verbs,
the _ed_ is contracted in pronunciation; as, "He _learn'd_ his
lesson; They are _lov'd;_ I have _walk'd_."
2. The accent of the following words falls on those syllables
expressed in the _italic_ characters: Eu ro _pe_ an, hy me _ne_ al,
Ce sa _re_ a, co ad _ju_ tor, ep i cu _re_ an, _in_ ter est ed, _in_
ter est ing, _rep_ a ra ble, _rec_ og nise, _leg_ is la ture, _ob_
li ga to ry, in _com_ pa ra ble, ir _rep_ a ra ble, in _ex_ o ra
ble. In a large class of words, the vowels _a_, _e_, and _ai_,
should be pronounced like long _a_ in _late_; such as, _fare_,
_rare_, _there_, _their_, _where_, _air_, _chair_, _compare_,
_declare_, &c. In the words _person_, _perfect_, _mercy_,
_interpret_, _determine_, and the like, the vowel _e_ before _r_, is
often _erroneously_ sounded like short _u_. Its proper sound is that
of _e_ in _met_, _pet_, _imperative_.
3. With respect to the pronunciation of the words _sky_, _kind_,
_guide_, &c. it appears that a mistake extensively prevails. It is
believed that their common pronunciation by the vulgar, is the
_correct_ one, and agreeable to the pronunciation intended by Mr.
John Walker. The proper diphthongal sounds
11 1 1
in skei, kyind, gyide, are adopted by the common mass, and
_perverted_ by those who, in their unnatural and affected
pronunciation of these words, say,
1 1 1 1 1 1
ske-i; ke-inde, ge-ide. This latter mode of pronouncing them in two
syllables, is as incorrect and ridiculous as to pronounce the words
_boil_, _toil_, in two
3 4 3 4
syllables; thus, bo-il, to-il.
4. _My_, _wind_. When _my_ is contrasted with _thy_, _his_, _her_, _your_,
1 1
&c, it is pronounced, mi: in all other situations, it is pronounced, me;
as, "_My [me]_ son, give ear to _my [me]_ counsel." When _wind_ ends a
line in poetry, and is made to rhyme with _mind_, _bind_, kind_, &c. it is
1 4
pronounced, wind; but, in other situations, it is pronounced, wind.
"Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind
Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the _wind_."
PROVINCIALISMS.
CONTRACTIONS, VULGARISMS, AND OTHER IMPROPRIETIES.
As each of the following provincialisms and vulgarisms, has its locality
in some one section or other of our country, it is hoped that these
corrections will be found useful in the districts to which the various
phrases respectively belong.
IMPROPER. CORRECT.
Aint Are not
haint have not
taint 'tis not
haint are not
maint may not
wont will not
wer'nt were not
waunt was not
woodent would not
mussent must not
izzent is not
wazzent was not
hezzent has not
doozzent does not
tizzent 'tis not
whool who will
don't
can't
i'll
'tis
COMMON IN NEW ENGLAND OR NEW YORK.
4
Akst askt
4 4
ben bin
4 2
hul hole
4 1
hum home
4 1
stun stone
66 4
dooz duz
2 4
glass glass
2 4
mass mass
2 4
brass brass
2 4
pass pass
3 2
flawnt flant
4 4
hiz'zn hiz
37 37 4
hou'zn houz'iz
1 4 1 4
an'shent ane'tshent
1 4 1 1
an'jel ane'jel
4 4 1 4
dan'jur dane'jur
4 4 1 4
stran'jur strane'jur
2 4 1 4
tscham'bur tshame'bur
1 4 1 1
na'tur na'tshure
4 4 4 4 1 4
nat'ur-el natsh'u-ral
3 4 3 1
for'tin for'tshune
3 1 1 3 1 1
for'tew-nate for'tshu-nate
4 1 4 1
vur'tew ver'tshu
4 1 4 4 1 4
vur'tew-us ver'tshu-us
1 1 4 4 1 4
ak'tew-el ak'tschu-al
4 1 1 4 1 1
ed'ew-kate ed'ju-kate
4 4 2 4
faTH'ur fa'THur
heft weight
stoop porch
stent task
helve handle
muss disorder
dump unload
scup swing
shay gig or chaise
cutter one-horse sleigh
staddle sapling
foxy reddish
suple spry or supple
IN PENNSYLVANIA.
Strenth strength
lenth length
brenth breadth
ort ought
nan what
wisht wish
wunst once
ouch oh
cheer chair
spook ghost
furnentz opposite
wanity vanity
in wain in vain
ornary ordinary
for by to spare
we bit small piece
disremember do not remember
IRISH.
66 1
Door dore
66 1
floor flore
5 4
ond and
5 55
loss looz
66 1
koorse korse
66 1
soorse sorse
4 66
till too
4 7
put put
4 7
fut fut
4 66 4 54
a-koont' ak-kount'
4 4 7 4
pul'pit pul'pit
1 4 3
pare'sun par'sn
IMPROPER. CORRECT.
MD. VA. KY. MISS. &c.
2 1
THar THare
2 1
whar hware
2 1
bar [bear] bare
2 4
war wer
37 1
mout mite [might]
1 1 4
gwine go'ing
4 4 4
shet or shut rid
1 5 1 1 4 4
tote or fotch kar're, fetsh, or bring
1 4
hop'd helpt
4 66 2 4 4
ca-hoot' part'nur-ship
3 66 5
mar'bl moov off
NOTE, _Clever_, _pretty_, _ugly_, _curious_, _expect_, _guess_, and
_reckon_, though correct English words, have, among the common
people of New England and New York, a provincial application and
meaning. With them, a _clever_ man, is one of a gentle and obliging
disposition; instead of, a man of distinguished talents and profound
acquirements. _Pretty_ and _ugly_, they apply to the _disposition_
of a person, instead of, to his _external appearance_. In these
states, one will often hear, "I _guess_ it rains," when the speaker
_knows_ this to be a fact, and, therefore, _guessing_ is uncalled
for. "I _expect_ I can go;" or, "I _reckon_ I can;" instead of, "I
_suppose_ or _presume_." In New England, a clergyman is often called
a _minister_, in New York, a _priest_, and south of N.Y. a _parson_.
The last is preferable.
NEW ENGLAND OR NEW YORK. CORRECTED.
I be goin. He lives to hum. I _am_ going. He lives _at_ home.
Hese ben to hum this two weeks. _He has been at home these_
2 weeks.
You haddent ought to do it. Yes You ought _not_ to do it.
had ought. _Certainly_ I ought.
Taint no better than hizzen. _'Tis_ no better than _his_.
Izzent that are line writ well? _Is not_ that line well _written_?
Tizzent no better than this ere. _It is_ no better, or it is
_not any_ better than his.
The keows be gone to hum, neow, The _cows are_ gone _home_, and
and I'mer goin arter um. _I am going after them_.
He'll be here, derights, and, bring He _will_ here, directly, and bring
yourn and thairn. yours and theirs.