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Show Complaint of a Vulgarism. Says a writer In tho London Chron-lclo: Chron-lclo: "A vulgarism ono which, like nggravato' for 'Irritate,' has como Into use by way of tho kitchen stairs It I 'demean.' with n senso of dcrogntlon or abasement. It Is to bo scon In many a paper and even many a book and heard in many a speech. It it tho second syllable that has misled tho popular understanding, but the noun 'demeanor' should Imvo saved tho cducutod from their blitndor with tho verb. When tly cook refuses tr. 'demean herself sho Is excusable, be-cause be-cause 'demeanor' Is not In her vocabulary." |