daug-on

Updated: June 24, 2025

A correspondent of The Nation calls attention to the use of "dagon" as Scotch dialect in Barrie's "Little Minister," a recent book. On examining that story, I find that the word has precisely the sense of our Hoosier "dog-on," which is to be pronounced broadly as a Hoosier pronounces dog "daug-on." If Mr. Barrie gives his a the broad sound, his "dagon" is nearly identical with "dog-on."

Edward Eggleston - The Hoosier Schoolmaster: A Story of Backwoods Life in Indiana