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Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 8936, 19 November 1890, Page 2

Mr R. Cock, of -Brougham-street, announces on our fourth page that ho has been appointed the sole agent in Taranaki for " tha celebrated Ceylon tea." All who visited tho Dun-din Exhibition will remember partaking of a cup of most refreshing tea there, served up in Oriental style by natives of Ceylon. This tea Mr Code is now supplying to the public, and for which ho solicits a trial, feeling sure that if once partaken of it will come into genorul use. Prof ossor Morris, who occupies thoCiiair of Modern Languages in the University of Melbourne, is compiling a collection of Anglo Australian words. Whether "chum "is a distinctively Anglo-Austra-lian word wo are not prepared to say, but it has always been in universal use ou the Australian goidliekls as the equivalent for Bret Harte's Anglo-Amoricau " pardncr." The CaliCornian "gulch" becomes a "gully " in the Australian vernacular. '• Larrikin," denoting a street rough, is of unquestionably Australian creation. '• Damper," the peculiar form of bread the bushman bakes by piling the hot embers all round the doug'i in the fireplace, is also of Antipodean origin. " Wattle-and-dab " is a compound word typifying tho archaic order of colonial architecture. The woll- known words "boomerang" and " kangaroo " arc- Anglo-Australian corrup • tives of native names. " Waddy," besides being the name of a well-known Q.C., also signifies the murderous-looking club that the blackfellow carries whou ho is hungry or angry. " Bunyip " is tho fabulous monster that dwells in lakes and rivers, ro.irs by night, and frightens tho wits out of: the little blacks. "Corrobboreo " is tho name of the native war dance, '' Coooy " is a shrill call to a friend at a distance. Mrs Campbell-Praed opens one of her novels with this word : " Woolloomooloo," ii fashionable suburb of Syduey, is the ludicrous result of a blackfellow'.s attempt to pronounce our word '' windmill," an institution that an early colonist erected on the spot. " Uabo," the- name of an island oif the Australian const, represents tho more successful efforts of a native to get his tongue round " Capo IIowo." " Sundowner " is a colonial tramp, who arrives at a squatter's btation at nightfall, and considers himself entitled to free supper, bed, and break last. These are a few random specimens oi. colonially created words. The complete list that Professor Morris is compiling will bo intei eating to philologists. Wlieu people find they can gain an advantage by pursuing any lino of policy they generally appreciate it. One way of gaining a point is by investing in Ron- 1 elmw b Currje Powder j it is tho best strongest, aud cheapest,— Adyt. ' I