Good Old English.
Many of what in England are called “Americanisms’* are really good old English. For instance, “theater," so spelled, is commonly supposed to be distinctively American. But it occurs in an advertisement printed in the ‘'London Gazette of May 14, lt>(>B. A man named Ogilby at that time invited everybody to buy tickets for his lottery of books in the ‘•Old Theater between Lincoln’s Inn Fields and Vere-street." "Chortle” was invented by the author of "Alice in Wonderland." The word is a judicious blending of chuckle and snort, ami there are other blends which stand a good chance of being permanently established in the [English tongue. "'Shams t cur,” for instance. according to the ‘London Chronicle,” hits oil' a tendency of modern sport.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 9, 30 August 1911, Page 3
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125Good Old English. New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 9, 30 August 1911, Page 3
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