The glan-ik; a trade language based upon the English, and upon modern improvements in shorthand, typewriting and printing

by Eugene Fitch Ware

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1906 ... nigh nil not not now nou nowadays..noudz nowhere...noar nowise....nllz off auf oft auft often....auft once wuns only noor onward...on-wrd opposite...op otherwise..dnrz out out overboard..oord particularly, prul-li thence... there... thereby.. therefore. therefrom. therein.. thereof.. thereto.. thither.. thoroughly thrice... 'til.... to and fro. to-be-sure. today... together.. tomorrow. to-wit... too.... truly... twice... whereas.. whereat.. whereby.. wherefore. wherefrom wherein.. whereof.. whereon.. whereso.. wheresoever whereto.. whereunto. whereupon wherever.. wherewith.. wherewithal, PREPOSITIONS. Section 78.--The Glan ik Prepositions. (Zish ez.) There are no rules in the Glan ik concerning prepositions, different from the common English, except that we detach the words called prefixes and make them also prepositions; this is discussed in sees. 36 and 37 and a list there given. We here give definitions of the words so A--Means a condition, or a form of motion, and is used adverbially. This prefix is from the Anglo-Saxon, and may be combined with adverbs, prepositions, participles, or nouns. He was a-wake; He rode a-far; He went a-fishing; He comes a-tired; He comes a-wheel. (The Greek "a-privative" is not used, it being equivalent to the word "lesB"--suffix les. The indefinite article "a" is changed to al.) Ab--A verb prefix meaning--away from, from and away, from and off, off and from. This prefix is of Latin origin, but has become fully domesticated and may be used before nouns, pronouns or verbs. Ad--A verb-prefix meaning "to." Thia prefix is of Latin origin, and in the Glan ik takes the place of the original prefix and all its modifications, to a, ad, ac, af, ag, al, an, ap, ar, as, at. This p...

32 pages, Paperback

Published January 1, 2012

About the author

Eugene Fitch Ware was a soldier, journalist, politician, historian, lawyer, poet, and served as Commissioner of Pensions under the Theodore Roosevelt administration. Describing him, Roosevelt said he refused “to be swayed by any motive save the public good,” and, under the non de plume Ironquill, he remains one of Kansas’ well-known poets.