Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... Southern provincialisms I find myself most deficient , having seen no books except Major Jones's " Courtship " and " Sketches , " " Georgia Scenes , " and " Sherwood's Gazetteer of Georgia , " in which , however , a considerable number ...
... Southern provincialisms I find myself most deficient , having seen no books except Major Jones's " Courtship " and " Sketches , " " Georgia Scenes , " and " Sherwood's Gazetteer of Georgia , " in which , however , a considerable number ...
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... Southern provincialisms . One born and brought up where they are spoken , who has heard and used them when a boy , and grown up in their midst , can alone portray them in their true sense . The aid of such persons it was impossible to ...
... Southern provincialisms . One born and brought up where they are spoken , who has heard and used them when a boy , and grown up in their midst , can alone portray them in their true sense . The aid of such persons it was impossible to ...
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... Southern and Western people is the giving of a broader sound than is proper to certain vowels ; as whar for where , thar for there , bar for bear . Ear and here are both pro- nounced like year ; house , about , etc. , have a ...
... Southern and Western people is the giving of a broader sound than is proper to certain vowels ; as whar for where , thar for there , bar for bear . Ear and here are both pro- nounced like year ; house , about , etc. , have a ...
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... Southern people , but now improperly used through out the United States to signify the remainder of any thing . The bal- ance of money , or the balance of an account , are terms well authorized and proper ; but we also frequently hear ...
... Southern people , but now improperly used through out the United States to signify the remainder of any thing . The bal- ance of money , or the balance of an account , are terms well authorized and proper ; but we also frequently hear ...
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... Southern and Western . BANTER . A challenge . Southern and Western . " There will be a banter on the bare ground , " meaning a shooting - match . BAR , for bear . The common pronunciation in certain parts of the South- ern and Western ...
... Southern and Western . BANTER . A challenge . Southern and Western . " There will be a banter on the bare ground , " meaning a shooting - match . BAR , for bear . The common pronunciation in certain parts of the South- ern and Western ...
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Abenaki ain't Allspice American Balt banks boys called colloquial common corruption Democratic denote dialects dictionaries dollars Dow's Sermons Dutch Eastford English English language expression fish give grass ground heard horse Human Nature Indian corn Jones's Courtship Kentucky land language Letter Loco-foco maize Margaret means Menhaden Mexico Mississippi Mountains N. Y. Spirit N. Y. Tribune negro never North Northern one's origin party peculiar person phrase Pickering plant political popular name prairies Pron pronunciation Providence Journal provincial in England Rhode Island river Sam Slick says sense Slick in England sometimes South South Carolina Southern Sketches Spanish real species Squatter tell term applied Texas thing town tree United Virginia vulgar Washington Webster West West Indies Western Whig Widow Bedott Papers wood Worcester word writers Yankee York York Tribune