The American Language

accent adjective adverbs ain't Ameri American English American Language appears authority becomes borrowed Boston Brander Matthews Briticisms British called century colonists common speech consonants course critic denounced derived Dialect Notes Dictionary diphthong Dutch early England English Language English words Englishman example fact familiar foreign forms French George German given names grammar grammarians guage heard i-sound immigrants Indian inflections influence invented Irish Italian Jews John late letter lish literary literature loan-words locutions London Louise Pound Lounsbury meaning native never newspapers Noah Webster noun origin perhaps philologists plural political preterite pronounced pronunciation purists Review rhyme Richard Grant White says seldom sense shows slang sound Spanish speak spelling spoken standard English substitution surnames survived syllable tendency Thornton tion tongue United usage verb vocabulary vowel vulgar vulgate Webster Word-List words and phrases writing Yiddish York