“We reckon this very handsome scenery, sir,” said an American to me, pointing to the landscape.
“I consider him very truthful,” is another expression.
“He stimulates too much.”
“He dissipates awfully.”
And they are very fond of using the noun as a verb, as—“I suspicion that’s a fact.”
“I opinion quite the contrary.”
The word considerable is in considerable demand in the United States. In a work in which the letters of the party had been given to the public as specimens of good style and polite literature, it is used as follows:—
“My dear sister, I have taken up the pen early this morning, as I intend to write considerable.” (Life and Remains of Charles Pont.)
The word great is oddly used for fine, splendid.
“She’s the greatest gal in the whole Union.”