The English Language in America, Volume 1

Ameri American Dictionary American English American speech American Spelling appears become Boston Brander Matthews Bret Harte British English called character characteristic citations colonial common commonly Connecticut Cooper darn Dedham dialect speech distinctive Dutch early eighteenth century England town English Dictionary English language established example expression eye dialect familiar French frequently gives Gullah Hempstead Records Indian names interest Joel Chandler Harris Kentucky kind land language in America later literary dialect literature Low Colloquial Massachusetts meaning merely native negro dialect nineteenth century Noah Webster occurs origin passage peculiar perhaps persons phonetic phrase place names popular probably pronounced pronunciation proper names provincial reform regions river rustic says schools seems sense settlers similar slang social sound South South Hempstead Southern Southold speak Spelling Book style syllable term Thornton tion town tradition Uncle Remus United usage Virginia vocabulary vowel Webster word writing Yankee York