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An Illustrated history & description Of Schools in the 18th & 19th Centurys.

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Other Spellers
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What philosophers the school-book children of that generation were — and how quickly the virtu­ous and industrious won over their less admirable mates ! In this dialogue between the two " Miffes " the glimpse we get of Charlotte's mother mirrors the general opinion of the times that it was hardly worth while to teach girls much except sewing and house­work, and if they took their stitching to school, it did not matter if they left their spellers at home.
In the back part of Bingham's book is a " collec­tion of vulgarisms " of which the author says that many more examples might have been added. I select rather freely, for the list gives an interesting impression of the language in everyday use. It fills twelve pages under this heading: —
APPENDIX.
Improprieties in Pronunciation, common among the people of New-England,.
Afraid
not Afeard
chimney
not chimbly
afterwards
arterwards
cucumber
cowcumber
audacious
outdacious
confifcate
confifticate
awkward
awkid
cover
kiver
bellows
belluffes
drain
dreen
boil
bile
dandruff
dander
bachelor
bacheldor
eternity
etarnity
bonfire
burnfire
earth
airth
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