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... letters of Major Downing are of the same character , and portray the dialect of New England with less exaggeration . There are no books in which the Western words and Among other books from which I have quoted examples of the use of ...
... letters of Major Downing are of the same character , and portray the dialect of New England with less exaggeration . There are no books in which the Western words and Among other books from which I have quoted examples of the use of ...
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... Letter to J. Picker- ing , p . 7 . Were we to classify the periods when names were applied to places in the State of New York , for example , we would call that in which the In- dian names were applied , the aboriginal period . This is ...
... Letter to J. Picker- ing , p . 7 . Were we to classify the periods when names were applied to places in the State of New York , for example , we would call that in which the In- dian names were applied , the aboriginal period . This is ...
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... letter y ; as kyow for cow , vyow for vow , tyoo for too , dyoo for do , etc. etc. The numerous words employed in New England which are not heard in other parts of the country , are mostly genuine old words C 7 still provincial in the ...
... letter y ; as kyow for cow , vyow for vow , tyoo for too , dyoo for do , etc. etc. The numerous words employed in New England which are not heard in other parts of the country , are mostly genuine old words C 7 still provincial in the ...
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... letters N. E .; those exclusively Western , by the letter W .; the Southern words , by S .; the rest are com- mon to various parts of the Union . In this attempt at classification there are doubtless errors and imperfections ; for an ...
... letters N. E .; those exclusively Western , by the letter W .; the Southern words , by S .; the rest are com- mon to various parts of the Union . In this attempt at classification there are doubtless errors and imperfections ; for an ...
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... Letter to the Hon . John Pickering , on the Subject of his Vocabu lary , or Collection of Words and Phrases supposed to be peculiar to the United States . " By Noah Webster . 8vo . Boston : 1817. pp . 69 . In the Transactions of the ...
... Letter to the Hon . John Pickering , on the Subject of his Vocabu lary , or Collection of Words and Phrases supposed to be peculiar to the United States . " By Noah Webster . 8vo . Boston : 1817. pp . 69 . In the Transactions of the ...
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