. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . erations back,occupied the English throne, is reported to havesaid, If heebies will be boets, they must was a rather curious specimen of KingsEnglish. It is, however, a maxim of our law,that the King can do no wrong. Whatever badEnglish, therefore, may proceed from the royalmouth, is not Kings Enghsh, but MinistersEnglish, for which they alone are illustrations of this kind of English we begto refer the reader to the celebrated English Gram-mar which was written by the late Mr. Cob
. The comic English grammar; a new and facetious introduction to the English tongue . erations back,occupied the English throne, is reported to havesaid, If heebies will be boets, they must was a rather curious specimen of KingsEnglish. It is, however, a maxim of our law,that the King can do no wrong. Whatever badEnglish, therefore, may proceed from the royalmouth, is not Kings Enghsh, but MinistersEnglish, for which they alone are illustrations of this kind of English we begto refer the reader to the celebrated English Gram-mar which was written by the late Mr. Cobbett. Kings English (or, perhaps, under existing cir-cumstances we should say, Queens English) is the C 14 THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR. current coin of conversation, to mutilate which,and unlawfully to utter the same, is called clippingthe Kings English; a high crime and misdemea-nour. Clipped English, or bad English, is one varietyof Comic English, of which we shall adduce in-stances hereafter. Slipslop, or the erroneous substitution of oneword for another, as prodigy for protegee,. lies only a little prwligj of mine, Doctor. THE COMIC ENGLISH GRAMMAR lo derangement for arrangement, exasperatefor aspirate, and the like, is another. Slang, which consists in cant words and phrases,as dodge for sly trick, no go for failure,and Carney to flatter, may be considered athird. Latinised English, or Fine English, sometimesassumes the character of Comic English, especiallywhen applied to the purposes of common discourse;as Extinguish the luminary, Agitate the com-municator, Are your corporeal functions in acondition of salubrity? A sable visual orb, Asanguinary nasal protuberance. American English is Comic English in a ^^prettyparticular considerable tarnation degree. Among the various kinds of Comic English itwould be ^^ tout-a-fait inexcusable, were we to^^manquer to mention one which has, so to speak,quite ^^bouleverse^d the old-fashioned style ofconversation; French-English, that is wh
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