Bayard Taylor Zitate

A Pike, in the California dialect, is a native of Missouri, Arkansas, Northern Texas, or Southern Illinois. The first emigrants that came over the plains were from Pike County, Missouri; but as the phrase, 'a Pike County man,' was altogether too long for this short life of ours, it was soon abbreviated into 'a Pike.'

Bayard Taylor

Deutsche Übersetzung

Ein Pike im kalifornischen Dialekt stammt aus Missouri, Arkansas, Nordtexas oder dem südlichen Illinois. Die ersten Emigranten, die über die Prärie kamen, kamen aus Pike County, Missouri; Aber da der Ausdruck "ein Pike County-Mann" für unser kurzes Leben insgesamt zu lang war, wurde er bald als "Pike" abgekürzt.

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