The Seattle Star Newspaper, April 13, 1922, Page 6

PAGE 6 ==:|The Seattle Star Press Bervics Ry mall, owt of ¢ the tate, He per month, $4.00, im the $4.58 for € m city, He & month. per month: 8 Washinaten. OF 39.00 per year Ry carrier “American Language” Part Lithuanian! The language we speak is called “English.” Henry Mencken and others have told us in published works that we don’t really speak English—that we use the “American language,” which differs from English in many particulars, Every year the differences grow—every year new words are added to the “American language” which are not used by the inhabitants of the British islands and which are : unintelligible in London, just as a smaller number of expressions used in London are meaningless in New York and Seattle. English and “American” are today the language of 150,000,000 people; the next languages in the order of their use are German, Russian, French, Japanese, Spanish. If Chinese were a single language instead of a number of dialects it would be the world’s most widely used speech, outranking English two-to-one; but it cannot be considered as one language; it is many. It used to be considered that nine-tenths of the words in our speech were of ‘Anglo-Saxon origin; that is the average in the Lord’s Prayer. But education has brought more words into use, and the number of Anglo-Saxon de- Tivatives is steadily decreasing. Sharon Turner estimated that 60 per cent of our words were of Anglo-Saxon origin, 30 per cent Latin, 5 per cent Greek, and 5 per cent from other sources. Now comes Professor W. W. Skeat and shows that these authorities are all wrong. The language contains 700,000 words, but limiting the count to the words in somewhat common use, numbering only 19,160, he shows that Anglo-Saxon (or “Old English”) furnishes only 3,681, or a little less than ONE-FIFTH of the words commonly used as English or “American” in these United States. Latin furnishes our language with 8,520 words, of which one-third are direct borrow- ‘Ings and two-thirds come via the French. With Anglo-Saxon second, Greek third in the makeup of our present language, the ‘gumber in Prof. Skeat’s list being 2,193. They want an army division made up of women. Well, women have always been good at charging things. Domestic circles on the square never become eternal triangles. “Do noble things, not dream them, all day long.” —Charles Kingsley. | it if F * . Saininskonan “and Sanskrit, we have taken 534 Werds, From modern Asiatic “ 99 Manguages, including Malay, Chi sng ar, Cs Another Day Dawns ere 135. _ The Itallans have given us 281 | Srerds, bat more than half these ‘qame by way of France. The Spanish have given us 108%, larre Wy thre Mexico, and our active | American Indians furnish 102 out of the 19,160 Seandinsvian countries de bet ‘fer than any of these; our words @f Norse origin number 693. Cel le words (from the ancient Irish and Scotch) number 170. These “ef course came to the British Isles; mone ef them were intro (@uced thru the United States. eee | An Prof. Skeat's list, 675 words fre classified a8 “hybrid.” or ‘made up from two or more lan- Guages. Only 12 words out of the 19,160 could not be traced and ‘head to be classed as “unknown.” g ou 1 fs. This situation calls for fur- * OV Friend “Tige” Reynolds, Tacoma Ledger cartoonist, ell ‘ayeg stg eremamter headed this drawing “Another Day Dawns Over There.” Basque and Bulgarian words He is right. He visions exactly the situation. The Goe- among thow called “European hals report casts a new light of promise over the future and non-Aryan.” ‘ We don't care 7 5 ‘about them. But what, Prot, Prospects of the whole state of Washington. Our job Skeat. WHAT is the word we today is to get all the forces of the state lined up, shoul- have borrowed embat! P : in sla ued der to shoulder, in a campaign for prompt development silienneelien of the Columbia Basin. The American people love the se AD mavy. They reulice it is their first The constitution has become a ’ Une of defense. They realize our purely historical matter, That (a |Women’s Mavy will never be used to promote what 1 deplore. — Representative injustice or oppression, and that it Layton (R.), Det. Jury Sphere Will always be used in the defense - Governor Len Small, on trial of the American ideals.—Senator Am I my brother's keeper?— |for emberzling Mlinois’ funds, de France (R.), Md. Genesis tv. 9 mands women on his jury. = Perhaps Len's lawyers have been studying other distinguished criminal trials and noted that it = jury so that it will stay F Poticos have to be aera : tried, re-tri . A day or two ago 1 wrote of walking ‘round the Townsend boat: re : ed and then tried some I saw a very loving pair, who had a flock of children there; they hore. Given such a case and a ‘They st Rucker (D.), Mo. intent; was going gra ive years or » He jost his ¢, his etock and land, it left him just as broke as sand; but undismayed, with cheerful heart, they're out to make another start—with hope that never knowg alarm, they're saving for another farm d out without a cent—their d and bought some far health and firm id, and everything So when the days are dark and grim, and times seem bad, Vl think of him; and from his life I'l get the dope to meet thea future full ef hope; for then I'll know, beyond @ doubt, we may be “down"—but never “out”! ; 8 Girridge lasaee, s until the crops refused to grow for five success [ GEOGRAPHIC PUZZLES “ en COAT-AT*PEN *H * PAGE -P +N = COPENHAGEY THE SEATTLE STAR ___ Attacks Erickson Plan 4 how tone or your Sis pees: 7CRAP BOOK “SSS BY PASCAL D'AN And they fall into fragmenus And drift beyond the forests The wind serpents around th | And whirls off into outer blu | And perhaps goes ruffling # Like an anchorite preaching And Tam one of the wun’s } Beek | Editor The Star | Pleane insert @ notice In your paper & purse that was day to A by an aged le too old to work and very Bhe left my hos t ab o'clock, carrying a purse containing $15, whieh I had been keeping for her, and she went the length of Mo tor place and found éhe bad lost the purse, The Crux of Jap EAltor The Star: Frank P. Allen, signing himself « to me in }a number of question |your issue of April & He calls atte one and Italian gardeners have in the way of vegetable raising ¢ Duwamish valley and com their achievements to thane of ierman settions In some of the eastern farming communities, I acknowledge all he saye; but I refuse to include the Japanese In the same clan with the I and the G believable Unat American 5 will ever con to intermarry with the Japane The Italians and Germans cas }do become a part of our nat stock in one of two generations, but the Japanese always must remain among us @ race apart, striving against us for economic, political jand social supremacy. | | Being incapable of atworption by us Wey must our eide—a and of friction between Ubis coun try and their mother cx to h they are bound by their only allegiance In passing let me direct Mr. Al len's attention to the fact that fow of the Italian gardeners to whom © refers are left in the Duwamirh | alley, The Jupanese have driven them Also ix: me ask him whether he wants to see the beautiful Skagit farming country converted into a Japanese colouy as is pow the case Comes to Defense of Pigeons Eeltor The Star: I am taking the liberty of writing to thank you for the article in The Star in id to the shameful do pigeons, We thought we were living in @ civiliaed country—-but not so, I think we sho take note of an offense committe by an officer as &e an officer is supposed to set an example and a Gine example, this, for boys! as by another, even | We are deeply appreciative of your | goodness in taking he pow in our them, MRS. N. H. DUNNING, Los Angeles, Cal Mr. Meier and Mr. Miller’s Fee Editor The Star: I note the legal opinion of a deputy in the office of Mr. Meier, corpora tion counsel and candidate for mayor of Seattle to the effect that if Stephen I. Miller filed as a candidate |for mayor in competition with Mr ler under mistake of fact that he | was eligible as a candidate and after found himself ineligible, then jhe would be entitled to a return of his filing fee as applied for by him. Immediately after Mr. Miller filed ad & candidate the Gtfide of Mr, Maier |busied jtself In the effort to prove |Mr. Miller disqualified to make the weren't wealthy, I could see, but they were happy as can be. monied client, and the future is | race against Mr, Meier, Under these They made me happy just to watch—a thing that can’t be said Just one glorious bud of promise | °iTCUmstaices It looks like a narrow. of Scotch; for happin as I've found out, goes radiating round to the tewper, jtminded quibble on the part of Mr “er and helps us over ail our bumps, for it's contagious—like ‘« office to even suggest the e mumps. | Hlity th Mr. Miller is not en But, slace he was s married bloke, he jeft his wife to act & AF Ps Died easiest things on | ty toa n of his fill smoke; and very shortly after that we started up a friendly chat, aeinside. uy $0 do ts to criticise | It would 1 yetter for Mr. M and 40, before he joined his wife, I heard the story of his life Sa ae Representath promptly advise @ refunding o I fee. Xx. ¥. Z ONGS OF LIGI {T | tney race the least peress Y ; , 6636 27th ave, N, | sete the army the government foelgy| ELO in The Bookman The wind strikes the pyramids of allence Lato sudden Wistant pyramids of gold. To where the loone-tressed maidens of space Are floating on the winds of centuries, ‘The sun robed with noon stands on tre pulpit of heaven, A ray that pierces thru endless emptiness on emptiness, az in vain to be freed of its burden of splendor ‘ts tacticn, to little bravery in making his bold} * and subtie insinuations; the land affix bis signature to the “Skagit County Farmer,” addresses | nm to what the! — | THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 1922.5 LEARN A WORD/4 EVERY DAY }¥ ps4 ‘nc aa “as Today's word DISBURSE, need burs, with ae as | It's pron and fink cent on the last ay , ;| It meane—to spend, expend, pay a out It comes from old French “den a regu-| out, and “bourse,” purse. utiful place | Companion word—disbursement, 7% the corp It's used like this—“By cutting® it can reduce the amount dixburs i Mr. Axpayer and the Kaiser for military purposes.” of glistening melody, Editor The Star | and hills There is nothing new in Mr the same payer's latest—Ju lection of untrut already refuted—no' menting upon with one feature which is rather cir glimmering pinnacles of nilence, 16, nd panting ing | How can a person who, hiding be | hind skirts of a fictitious mune, 2 pay the kaiser @ complimen' the highest order by linking bir} me with that of Mr, Cooper-—how | he begin his course In schoc! | tration with suggestions vor of Americaniem’ i Axpayer, in & ashamed of hin why does he not exhibit a} his faith of light to listening space. lost: words, ° mare? | Furthermore, if this is a contro | very, count me out of it, for I re! |fuse to be apsociated in any such | 1 feel mfe in saying that in the future the public will need no aid! three fivedoliar bills, She started at | in penetrating the amoke screens of | Whitman ave, and went weet on Fre | Knock & Knock, Inc | mont ave, when she found the purse| Since Mr. Axpayer (the unknown | missing |member of the firm), has come so | Please phone to North 3388, or re | quickly to the defense of Mrs. Blair port at 4263 Whitman ave | (which was to be expected), will he} ' MAY DOUGLAS. | kindly answer at least one question? ssue | What i# it she is trying to do? 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