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PDFAs 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.
