it is
1 4
pronounced, wind; but, in other situations, it is pronounced, wind.
"Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind
Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the _wind_."
PROVINCIALISMS.
CONTRACTIONS, VULGARISMS, AND OTHER IMPROPRIETIES.
As 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.
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