英语词汇whatcheer的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

whatcheer. In John Bartlett’s Dictionary of Americanisms (1848), he defines this term as “the shibboleth of the people of the State of Rhode Island.” He goes on to say that “when Roger Williams, the founder of the ancient colony, pushed his way from Salem, Massachusetts, in the year 1636, through the wil- derness, he embarked in a canoe with five others, on Sekonk river, and landed near the present site of the city of Providence. As the party approached the shore, they were saluted by a com- pany of Indians with the friendly interrogation of ‘What cheer?’ a common English phrase which they had learned from the colonists, equivalent to the modern How do you do? and meant by the natives as Welcome! The cove where the party landed is called Whatcheer Cove, which term is also applied to the lands adjacent; besides which there is in Providence a Whatcheer Bank, a Whatcheer Church, Whatcheer hotels, a Whatcheer In- surance Company, and, last of all a Whatcheer Lager Beer Sa- loon!” (John Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms, 1848).

词汇	whatcheer
词源	whatcheer. In John Bartlett’s Dictionary of Americanisms (1848), he defines this term as “the shibboleth of the people of the State of Rhode Island.” He goes on to say that “when Roger Williams, the founder of the ancient colony, pushed his way from Salem, Massachusetts, in the year 1636, through the wil- derness, he embarked in a canoe with five others, on Sekonk river, and landed near the present site of the city of Providence. As the party approached the shore, they were saluted by a com- pany of Indians with the friendly interrogation of ‘What cheer?’ a common English phrase which they had learned from the colonists, equivalent to the modern How do you do? and meant by the natives as Welcome! The cove where the party landed is called Whatcheer Cove, which term is also applied to the lands adjacent; besides which there is in Providence a Whatcheer Bank, a Whatcheer Church, Whatcheer hotels, a Whatcheer In- surance Company, and, last of all a Whatcheer Lager Beer Sa- loon!” (John Bartlett, Dictionary of Americanisms, 1848).
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