Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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... speaking different languages , in which case many words and phrases are borrowed from one into the other ; witness the Scotch and Irish dialects of the English . Secondly , by migrations . This is the most fruitful and per- manent ...
... speaking different languages , in which case many words and phrases are borrowed from one into the other ; witness the Scotch and Irish dialects of the English . Secondly , by migrations . This is the most fruitful and per- manent ...
Page xix
... speaking population far more numerous than themselves , and although the government and laws are conducted through the English language , still the tendency of a people of com- mon origin to cling together , the publication of ...
... speaking population far more numerous than themselves , and although the government and laws are conducted through the English language , still the tendency of a people of com- mon origin to cling together , the publication of ...
Page xxv
... speaking through the nose , as eend for end , dawg for dog , Gawd for God , etc. fore the sounds ow and oo , they often insert a short i , which we will repre- sent by the letter y ; as kyow for cow , vyow for vow , tyoo for too , dyoo ...
... speaking through the nose , as eend for end , dawg for dog , Gawd for God , etc. fore the sounds ow and oo , they often insert a short i , which we will repre- sent by the letter y ; as kyow for cow , vyow for vow , tyoo for too , dyoo ...
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... speak of the names of animals only , the essen- tially English word bull is refined beyond the mountains , and perhaps else- where , into cow - creature , male - cow , and even gentleman - cow ! A friend who resided many years in the ...
... speak of the names of animals only , the essen- tially English word bull is refined beyond the mountains , and perhaps else- where , into cow - creature , male - cow , and even gentleman - cow ! A friend who resided many years in the ...
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... speaking in public . In the South and West this custom prevails to a greater extent than at the North . This is the finest cow in the State of South Carolina , ' observes one . ' The handsomest woman south of the Potomac , ' says ...
... speaking in public . In the South and West this custom prevails to a greater extent than at the North . This is the finest cow in the State of South Carolina , ' observes one . ' The handsomest woman south of the Potomac , ' says ...
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