Authors: H.L. Mencken
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For the statistics of publications throughout this Appendix I am indebted to N. W. Ayer & Sons Directory of Newspapers and Periodicals; Philadelphia, annually. The population figures are from Fifteenth Census of the United States, 1930: Population, Vol. II; Washington, 1933.
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The First Book in Hawaiian; Honolulu, 1930.
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November, 1903.
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In The Hawaiian Language: Its Modern History as a Means of Communication, kindly placed at my disposal by the author.
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For the loan-words and the sentences I am indebted to the Rev. Henry P. Judd, associate secretary of the Board of the Hawaiian Evangelical Association. I also owe thanks to Professor N. B. Beck, of the University of Hawaii, and to Mr. Carl S. Carlsmith, of Hilo.
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The best account of it is to be found in The Dialect of the English Gypsies, by B. C. Smart and H. T. Crofton, 2nd ed.; London, 1875.
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I take this from The English Gypsies and Their Language, by Charles G. Leland, 4th ed.; London, 1893, p. 208.
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The Language of the Pennsylvania German Gypsies, by Henry W.
Because they are so seldom encountered in publications in English, the non-English terms listed in the Appendix are here omitted. But non-English proper names are included. Verbs are indicated by the preposition of the infinitive. In virtually every other case the character of the word is obvious.
a, 320, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 340, 343, 344, 346, 348, 351, 359, 366, 367, 368, 369, 371, 377, 381, 383, 389, 390, 391, 402, 404, 405, 441, 446, 468, 471, 613; -a, 347, 549; a-, 161; ä, 490; à, 382; å, 490
A 1, 208
A.A.A., 209
Aaron, 535
Abalina, 512
Abarbanel, 501
Abbott, 496
Abbud, 496
Abe, 519
Abednego, 515
aber nit, 157, 566
Abolena, 524
abolitionist, 148
about, 468
about to go, 201
above, 399
Abraham, 496, 507, 508, 535
absorbable, 118
absquatulate, to, 145
abuv, 399
acceptress, 75
accession, to, 196
acclimated, 325
accommodation-train, 146
accompaniment, 118
accouchement, 304
accumulator, 236
ace, 182, 573; -high, 191
achiev, 401
acromatic, 118
achtel, 250
acidulous, 118
acre, 383, 384, 386
activ, 401, 403
actorine, 180
actual, 352
Ad, 519
ad, 170, 183, 401, 403
Ada, 529
Adam, 515, 519, 535
Adam-and-Eve, to, 561
adamic, 75
Adamoviĉ, 490
Adams, 490, 498
ad-club, 170; -man, 170;
-rate, 170; -writer, 170
addition, 120
address, 325
addrest, 402, 403
adelantado, 153
Adelloyd, 521
Adgurtha, 522
adhesiveness, 118
adioyne, 379
adjoin, 379
adjunct professor, 242
adjutancy, 118
adjutant, 283
administration, 245
Admire, 505
admire, to, 25
admissibility, 118
admit, to, 199
admitted to the bar, to be, 246
Adnelle, 521
adobe, 152
adopted, 245
Adrielle, 521 699
adult, 325, 329
adultery, 310
adumbrate, 325
advance, 335
advanst, 403
advertisement, 324, 406
advertising-engineer, 290; -engineer, 289
advertize, 402
advice, 394
adviser, to women students, 242
advisory, 118
advize, 402
advocate, to, 7, 117, 118, 120
adze, 128, 393
ae, 405; -ae, 347; æ, 401
A.E.F., 209
aerocade, 179
æsthete, 390
æsthetic, 390
aetaernall, 379
æther, 390
ætiology, 390, 411
affetuoso, 75
affiliate, to, 141
Affinity, 537
Aframerican, 171
after, 335
aftr, 404
again, 339
against, 339
Agamemnon, 523
agast, 402, 406
agathokakological, 117
agenda, 220, 239
Agenora, 524
agent, 278
aggravate, to, 141, 165, 168
aghast, 406
agile, 341
ag’in, 161
Agiochook, 532
Agnes, 509
a-going, 443
agree with, to, 215
ah, 328, 335, 337, 343, 344, 349, 404
ahead, 352
ahem, 352
a-holt, 438
ahoy, 352
Ah there, my size, I’ll steal you, 566
ai, 341
aid, 182, 199
aigle, 214
aile, 406
Aileen, 510
Aili, 510
Ails, 524
Ainse, 482
ain’t, 51, 160, 202, 360, 377, 425, 445, 470
ain’t got, 420
ain’t-supposed-to-itis, 179
air, to, 199, 586
air, 181; -conditioned, 181; conscious, 181; -cooled, 181; -hostess, 181; -line, 146; -liner, 181; -minded, 181; -monkey, 583; -rodeo, 181
aisle, 236, 406; -manager, 284
aislick, 110
aker, 383, 384, 386
Åkerberg, 490
Aklus, 522
Akron, 542; -ian, 549; -ite, 549
Al, 183
al, 468
Alabama, 337, 339
Alabamian, 548
alabastine, 173
Alamagordo, 534
Alan, 507
alarm, 415
alarmist, 101
alarum, 415
alas, 614
Alaska, 339
Albanian, 548
Albert, 482, 511, 515
Albrecht, 482
Albright, 482
Albuquerque, 541; -an, 549
alcalde, 152
alcohol-lamp, 233
alderman, 116
ale, 600
Alexander, 515
Alexandria, 530
Alf, 519
alfabet, 402, 403
alfalfa, 152, 263
alfalfy, 360
Alferita, 524
Alfred, 513
Algeier, 483
Algernon, 518
Algire, 483
Alhambra, 534
alibi, 210
Alice, 506
Alimenta, 524
all, 159, 401
all aboard, 239
Allard, 516
allay-foozee, 160
Allegany, 539
Alleghany, 539
Allegheny, 528, 539
allemande, 296
Allen, 506, 524
all-fired, 316
Allgeier, 483
Allgeiger, 483
Allgeyer, 483
Allgire, 483
Alligator, 536
alligator, 112, 372
all of, 252
allons, 75
allot upon, to, 99
allow, to, 100
alloy, 325
all right, 253
allrightest, 463
allrightsky, 222
all set, 262
allus, 359
ally, 325
Allyn, 507
Alma, 529
alma mater, 338, 347
almond, 337
almoner, 248
almost, 468
alms, 292, 328, 337, 349
aloha, 373
aloof, 344
alphabetical soup, 209
alright, 96, 396, 407
Alt, 482
Altamont, 534
altar, 577
alter, to, 302
altho, 400, 402, 403
aluminium, 396, 415
aluminum, 396, 415
alumnae, 347, 401
alumnas, 413
alumni, 243
alumnis, 413
alumnuses, 413
Alves, 495
Alvez, 495
always, 468
Alžběta, 511
Am, 519
am, 427
Ama, 524
Åman, 490
amass, 334
amateur, 294, 352
ambassador, 395
ambish, 169, 222
ambition, to, 7, 119
Ambolena, 522
Ambrose, 519
ambulance, 288; -chaser, 246
ameed, to, 16
Amelia, 507, 519
Amélia, 509
amen, 268, 337, 338; -corner, 150
amendable, 118
American-bar, 292
Americanism, 6
Americanitis, 179
Americanize, to, 141
Americano, 75
Amerind, 171
Ames, 483
amigo, 153, 376
am not, 445
amœbas, 413
ampere, 559
ampico, 172
amusement-engineer, 290
an, 351; -an, 548, 549
Ana, 509
Anaca, 524
anæsthesia, 390, 393
analisis, 402
analysis, 210
analyzation-engineer, 290
Ananias-club, 174; -fest, 218
Anasagunticook, 531
Ånberg, 490
ancestor, 395
anchor her, to, 583
-ander, 491
Anders, 510
Andersohn, 477
Anderson, 477, 493, 494
Andersson, 477, 492
and how, 219, 222, 572
andiron, 128
Andrea, 509
Andreen, 491
Andrén, 491
Andresen, 477
Andrew, 510, 511, 515
Andrey, 510, 511
Andriessen, 477
Andy, 510
anecdote, to, 168
anesthetic, 394
aneurismal, 118
angel, 24; -food, 582
Angeleño, 550
Anglais, 110
angle, 210
angry, 143
Anheuser, 484
aniline, 155
animalize, 118
anlage, 220
Annabel, 507
Annamoriah, 537
Annapolitan, 549
Anne Arundel, 540
Annette, 507
Annie, 509
Annika, 524
announce, to, 220
announst, 403
A No. 1, 208, 570
anser, 403
anserd, 403
ant, 335, 336, 360
antagonize, to, 31, 118, 230
antennas, 413
anteriour, 380
ante up, to, 191
Anthracite, 536
anti-, 180; -bounce-clip, 237; Episcopalian, 181; -Federalist, 181; -fogmatic, 149; -suffragist, 181
Antiskid, 173
antithetical, 118
antmire, 302
Antone, 509
Antonietta, 509
Antonin, 511
Antonio, 508, 509
Antti, 493, 510
Anvil, 523
anxious-bench, 148, 150; -seat, 148, 150
any, 471
anything, 352
anyways, 204, 468
Anzonetta, 522
apartment, 233, 247
apartment-hotel, 233; -house, 233
Apathy, 505
Aphnah, 524
Apokeepsian, 550
apothem, 402
apparatus, 338
apparatuses, 413
appearance-engineer, 289
appellor, 118
appendic, 461
appendices, 412
appendictis, 341
appendixes, 412
apple, 336; -butter, 115; -fest, 218; -jack, 149; -knocker, 577; -pie, 85; -sauce, 263, 561
application-engineer, 291
appreciate, to, 7, 118
appreciation, 118
approach, 576
approbate, to, 128
ar, 399, 401, 403
Arab, 295, 560
aracoune, 104
arboreal, 395
arborescent, 118
arborization, 118
arbour, 395
arch, 614
Archambault, 495
Archie, 506
architect, 401
architecture, 382
Ardis, 522
ardor, 386
ardour, 395
are, 328, 349, 401, 427
a’ready, 352
are not, 428
aren’t, 202, 349, 428, 445
argify, to, 129
Arginta, 524
argon, 559
Arillah, 522
Arkansas, 541
Arkansawyer, 552
arkitecture, 382
Armand, 508
Armella, 522
Armina, 521
Armistead, 479
armoir, 214
armonica, 120
armory, 395
armour, 395
arms, 328, 349
Armstädt, 479
Arnold, 507
arnswer, 351
arrange, to, 302
Arrazeta, 521
arriv’d, 438
arroyo, 152
arse, 302, 308
art, 349
arterial road, 546
Arthur, 506, 515, 524
Artice, 524
ary, 129; -ary, 325
as, 458, 472
Asbury, 535
ascended, 604
ascertainable, 118
as cross as a b’ar with two cubs and a sore tail, 137
as drunk as a Pole, 296
ash-can, 115, 233; -cart, 233; -man, 233; -truck, 233
Ashshi, 496
as if, 203, 458
ask, 334, 335, 336, 352
Askew, 503
askt, 403
Åslund, 490
asp, 336
asphalt, 339, 389, 390
asphalte, 389, 390
ass, 302, 309
as scarce as hen’s teeth, 563
assistant-instructor, 242; -master, 241; -profes- 242; -treasurer, 289
associate-editor, 289; -professor, 242
associational, 98
ast, 352
as though, 203
at, 404
a tall, 471
at all, 471
ate, 431, 442, 614
athaletic, 353
Athan, 512
Athanasios, 512
Athenian, 551
Ather, 523
-ative, 325
Atlantans, 548
atomiser, 233
atta-boy, 263, 471, 564
attaché, 409; -case, 246
attack, to, 199
attackt, 428
attackted, 420, 428, 438
attend, to, 435
au, 335 336 360
Aubert, 516
Aubrey, 518
Audrivalus, 524
August, 505, 519
Augusta, 529
Ault, 482
aunt, 334, 335, 336, 338, 344, 349, 371
au revoir, 348
authentic, 343
author, to, 93, 192, 195
auto, 169, 170
auto, to, 191, 192
autocade, 179
autocar, 173
autocracy, 343
autogenius, 353
automobile, 233
automotive-engineer, 290
autsch, 158
autumn, 33, 42, 62, 128
Avaline, 521
avenue, 546, 547
average up, to, 198
Averill, 521
avigator, 179
aw, 335, 339, 343, 344
away, 256
a-wee, 378
awe-strickened, 193
awful, 466, 614
awfully, 210, 264
a.w.o.l. 209, 573
ax, 352, 386, 389, 394
axe, 389, 393
Axel, 510
axle-grease, 582
-ay, 347
Ayscough, 503
ayuntamiento, 153
az-nu, 407
b, 353, 368, 401, 402
baa, 349
babbling brook, 578
Babe, 523
babies’ class, 241
Baby, 519
baby-bound, 561
baby-carriage, 233, 256
baby-lifter, 583
bacardi, 173
bacaze, 339
baccaliaos, 373
bach, 482
bach, to, 192
Bache, 500
bachelor, 395
Bachmann, 479
bacillis, 413
bacillus, 155, 559
back, 115, 343; -country, 115; -field, 115; -garden, 250, 256; -land, 115; -lane, 115; -line, 115; -log, 115; -lots, 115; -number, 144, 187; settler, 115; -street, 115; -talk, 62, 144; -taxes, 144; -woods, 57, 115, 231; -yard, 250, 256
back, to, 199
back and fill, to, 142, 609
back and forth, 98
Back Bay Fens, 115
backbone, 145
Backhaus, 487
backside, 302
backslider, 74
backwardize, to, 193
back water, to, 142
bacterium, 155
bad, 25, 465
baddest, 463
Badeau, 495
bad-lands, 108, 263
bag, 308, 377
bagatel, 403, 406
bagatelle, 406
baggage, 85, 99, 102, 233, 254; -check, 146; -master, 146; -room, 146; -smasher, 146
bagoong, 373
bah, 349
bahay, 110
bah Jove, 269
bailee, 118
Bailey, 481
Bailey’s Switch, 529
bailif, 406
bailiff, 386, 406
bailment, 118