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CONTENTS
7. | Spelling | 451 | ||
8. | Geographical Names | 453 | ||
9. | Surnames and Given Names | 456 | ||
10. | Non-English Languages in America | 457 | ||
a. | German | 457 | ||
b. | French | 458 | ||
c. | Dano-Norwegian | 460 | ||
d. | Dutch | 460 | ||
e. | Swedish | 460 | ||
f. | Spanish | 460 | ||
g. | Icelandic | 461 | ||
h. | Italian | 461 | ||
i. | Yiddish | 462 | ||
j. | Portuguese | 462 | ||
k. | General | 462 | ||
11. | Other Colonial Dialects of English | 462 | ||
a. | Australian | 462 | ||
b. | Beach-la-Mar | 462 | ||
c. | South African | 463 | ||
d. | Canadian | 463 | ||
e. | East Indian | 463 | ||
f. | Pidgin-English | 463 | ||
12. | Slang | 463 | ||
13. | Euphemisms, Nicknames, and Forbidden Words | 465 | ||
14. | Rudimentary Speech | 466 | ||
15. | The Future of the Language | 466 | ||
16. | Bibliographies of American English | 467 | ||
List of Words and Phrases | 469 | |||
General Index | 485 |