Dictionary of Americanisms: A Glossary of Words and Phrases Usually Regarded as Peculiar to the United States |
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Page xxxviii
... letter y ; as , kyow for cow , vyow for vow , tyoo for too , dyoo for do , & c . , & c . The numerous words em- ployed in New England which are not heard in other parts of the country are mostly genuine old words still provincial in the ...
... letter y ; as , kyow for cow , vyow for vow , tyoo for too , dyoo for do , & c . , & c . The numerous words em- ployed in New England which are not heard in other parts of the country are mostly genuine old words still provincial in the ...
Page xxxix
... letters N. E .; those exclusively Western , by the letter W .; the Southern words , by S .; the rest are common 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 common 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 Vocabulary , or Collection of Words and Phrases sup- posed 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 Vocabulary , or Collection of Words and Phrases sup- posed to be peculiar to the United States . " By Noah Webster . 8vo . Boston , 1817. pp . 69 . In the Transactions of the ...
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... letter of the alphabet was denominated " abisselfa " when it formed a syllable by itself , as in the word able . The scholar , in spelling the word , was taught to say , " a , by itself , a ( rapidly , abisselfa ) , b , l , e , ble ...
... letter of the alphabet was denominated " abisselfa " when it formed a syllable by itself , as in the word able . The scholar , in spelling the word , was taught to say , " a , by itself , a ( rapidly , abisselfa ) , b , l , e , ble ...
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... letter entirely ex- onerating General Cass from the charge of having defrauded his association in the land speculations . He is positive that all was done according to Gunter . - N. Y. Tribune . The expression " according to Hoyle " is ...
... letter entirely ex- onerating General Cass from the charge of having defrauded his association in the land speculations . He is positive that all was done according to Gunter . - N. Y. Tribune . The expression " according to Hoyle " is ...
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