Dialect Word-List.— No. 2. 



BY W. H. CARRUTH. 



In response to the request for contributions in connection with the 

 word-list in No. 2 of the Quarterly, several persons have sent me 

 lists of new words or comments on those given. From the first class, 

 given by Mr. C. S. Gleed, of Topeka, Kansas, Mr. Theo. S. Case, of 

 Kansas City, Missouri, Mr. E. E. Soderstrom, of Osage county, and 

 Mr. E. E. Slosson, of Laramie, Wyoming, together with additions of 

 my own, this second list is made up. 



The locality following an expression is simply the one from which 

 it is reported, not its exclusive habitat. When none is given, the 

 expression is from Kansas without earlier origin given. "B" marks 

 words found in Bartlett's Dictionary of Americanisms. 



The recent political campaign furnished several new words, and I 

 believe they originated in Kansas : calamityite, calamity-howler and 

 demopop. 



Some of my correspondents, and many with whom I talk, try to 

 make a distinction between dialect and slang. While the one has 

 commonly been used in application to local variations from the stand- 

 ard usage, the other to class peculiarities, our more perfect means of 

 communication have gone far toward breaking down these distinc- 

 tions. In its constitution the American Dialect Society devotes itself 

 to the study of "spoken English." Do not be afraid of slang. Make 

 notes of any words and meanings not in standard dictionaries. 



I wish to call attention of all interested to the publications of the 

 American Dialect Society, E. S. Sheldon, Secretary, Cambridge, 

 Mass. 



act, doing the act: acting as or like , 'He is doing the 



enraged father act,' or 'He is doing the pious act.' 



bat: a queer fellow, a night-worker. 



beestings: artificially curdled milk. Is it ever beeslings, as given 

 in former list ? 



begin with: compare with, as, 'He doesn't begin with Jones.' 

 (N. Y.) 



bid: invitation, as, a bid to the wedding. 



big-bug: an aristocrat. B. 



(137) KAN. UNIV. QUAR., VOL.1., NO. 3, JAN., 18^3. 



