_A Phonetic Peculiarity._--I venture to note as a very curious phonetic
peculiarity, that we have in the English language a large number of
monosyllabic words ending is _sh_, all of which are expressive of some
violet action or emotion. I quote a few which have occurred without
search, in alphabetical order. "Brush, brash, crash, crush, dash, gash,
gush, hash, gnash, lash, mash, pash, push, quash, rush, slash, smash,
squash, thrash."