Show Provincialism A provincialism pro Is a term or expression e expression res- res sion slon that Is current In a certain lo lo- locality locality but that Is not known In per per- perhaps perhaps perhaps haps an fin adjacent locality l says Lit Lit- Literary Literary Literary Digest Peculiarities of expression slon sion that distinguish a Scot from an Englishman a Cockney Londoner from a or in the United States a New l Englander from rom a Midwesterner Mid Mid- Midwesterner westerner a Southerner from a North North- Northerner Northerner Northerner erner a Texan from a East down ern Maine citizen are all grouped under the general classification of provincialisms sometimes referred to toas toas toas as |