New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-06-21


| ing three aG:.
| 2. Conp,rorer. Worcester, Controller, Webster.
We are earious 10 know who ~ss the inventor OF .he
spelling of cOuptrol. He, doubtless, had me
| q" c0uprol1 Of tyoes, ard did not know tha, ths
word can drec, from the French c0rsrolsr aad hsd
or ensiy only is French meaning " to examine az
counts. In the old dictionaries, e0!r'I Z 80 Iehn"I
skinner, 1911 hss cor,roLer. bat no such 'or'n ss
coup.roH,r Col-., 1901. Philips I7e6 Tanning l16l,
/ Bailey l1s2 johnson 1913, Perry 1919, Riehard-
son ls3s, Craig, 1884 and 9th rs TOO numerous %
mentor have controller, and Webster Is an innoVa'or
beceu-e he Goes not spell i comptroller! JOHNSON
| uid.r conp,reRsays This word IL written by some
authors rko DO rot attend 70 NJ e,gm0logy Tor cor
ro aud some ~ derivsiions are srltt.n IN me
"'sme marner." Worcester has coTptro.tr ana
4" c0n;rolsrskip.-the ofice of a controller y
| 3. Contemporary Uorces'er, Contemporary Web
,,er. Both forms have long been in use. Weos'er
gives both but prefers the latter because i s shorter
aid more easily pronounced
| 4, D. 6. De.erce Oferce, Pretence, U0rceStcr
| Defense, 0ffense, Prerense, Ue6sfer. Why exclude
eIpence susteDce lic nee recOmpsrce, from ire iSt
Thess words n "a through the French from the
Latin defensio, ofersio, etc. Eiymoogy therefore
| demands instead If c. Analogy, convenience sud
| common sense make the sane demand. All agree to
mite deRs,rc dfens,5ie, egeRitre PrteHs0R, with s.
Why, II We favor Any analogy 10 our language should
We rrte offence defenceless, egtsce oJeHeeIess etc.
| with 60
! 7. Ambassador. JTerccster. Enbasssior Webster
Webster prefers the latter that the word may he un-
form with embassy. Blackstone and other English
authors have written il thus. Skinner gives only en-
tass0d0r. Philips aud other photographers give both
johnson gives both and spells them ambassador and
| cmtdss0dOr.
:. G4nutlr:, Worcester, Gantlet, Webster. CANT
III and ganfie are words Of dfer.u, origin and mean
ing The former used IL the expression % throw the
gauntlet or the iron glove, anlng 20 chalenge,
from the French gaatee, which is from giant glove
Tie latter used IN the eXpr' ssion Ia run the gantrt
| = II itary punishment. johnson derives from the
Dutch CANT, ALL loopez to run, ard j, was formerly
written gdnil0pe Skinner derives the first syllable from
Cant the old form Of writing Ghent the city where
the punishment was first practiced. Webster derives
| from gang, passsg. Fielding, in the History Of
"a touboling hook T. chap. II, ssys, " Some said
be ought TO be tied neck and heels others that he
Deserved 70 m. the gantlope.' Etymology would
favor both these words being written gdHtef. GasH
let is the older word AMI formerly ~rten without
the u, zee Skinner and King John act scene III in
Shakespeare hrst editi,n, 1923, and in Ayscoughs
| edition, 1891. All respectable photographers have
made the proper distinction between these two wOrds
auc 70 make the distinction obvious 20 the eye have
| agreed TO write the FIRST with II, which otherwise
would be improper. Our critic probably did not know
;hey were different words and his bluncer Eas not
strange, if he had 10 other authority than Worcester
| TO consult.
.. Drought. Worcester; Drouth, Ue5ser. Webster
| gyss both forms, and expresses NJ preference Tor
either The first is after the Belgc dialect. The lat
ter is the original word as written IN the time OF Ba-
| con- ard in al Tire present time in Scotland and
| America
| 10. Group, Worcester. Groop, Webster. Crop
| the writer drew from his imagination, and not from
Websters vocabulary, where il is not to be found
| H. Height Worcester; Hight, Webster. Webster
gives both forms but prefers the lster that the words
! ot the came family may have uniform photography,
thus high, hight, highly higtHess. Milton wrote the
H. Manenrrs. Worcester; Mancurer, Webster.
Webster gives both forms but the word having been
paturalzed be prefers the word should appear IN En-
| glish rather than in French costume.
| l3 Noasses, Worcester Messses, webster. ms
statement j. Misrepresentation. Webster spells the
word molasSes. But Edwards, in his History of the
West Indies and others, have very properly spelled 1t
,yel0sses Eiymoogy iavors the latter spelling. In
! France il nelasse Spanish meia-a Italian, melassd
Portuguese meac0; all through the Latin mel, from
the Greek nell honey. All dictionaries of any com
peteDess reputation notice this fact. Webster, I'M
| d.r u,elasSes, saws " see mOlGSssS.
| H. Mould Worcester; lU0id, Webster Webster
gives both forms bat be prefers the latter, because
Ist etymology fevos 1.-THE word in the Ango-Sa1on
being ,aeM or nolde "a, because it is shorter and
more cea,ly Indicates the pronunciation; 3D. because
| the silent has been already dropped from similar
words a. Jod cold, gold, old, &c aud, ith, because
many Of the best English writer's and Spencer, South,
ard Others have written il thus. Ii the restoration
| mad not been made before Websters time, it was
proper that photographer Of his qualifications should
make il.
| Is. Moult, Worcester; Mott, Uebster. Webster
| has both forms. Tie remarks the previous word
spply generally To this The formerly in b0t, colt
| dOA, &C., has been dropped and many distinguished
writers before Webster day dropped il from nlOuh
classes in America who have most occasion TO and
write the name of this useful Implement, manutaetu-
rers, dealers, and farmers agree ia spelling 1t poD
when the National Agricultural Society. the American
Institute every State Agricultural Society except one
witch bas it, headquare III BUstOt spell 1t plow;
| when our English Bible, for more than two centuries,
sud to-day els ii pt0tr 1t seems like supererogatlon
| To defend Webster orthOgraphy of this wOri. We
OILY regret that both forms inserted in the
blGged. II We mu-t have piOHgh, let us have H0Ugh,
| h0ugh, cough, for now how COW.
| L.. Practise, Worcester Practice, Wtbster. Wor-
cester writes the pr0etce and the verb prdcse
| Both from the root, iprasso, Greek, both
have the same general meaning, and are pronounced
alike. II we are 10 have practise % act cusomanyl
and practice cu-touary acts let u have Hotise Ito
observel and R0ficf iObseryatlOn The gbsurdlty OF
making such q distinction Is too obvious 10 be com.
mented upon. No possible advantage can be claimed
for il. uL.ts be 10 puzzle the schOo.bOy and tue
olegLer lao IN learning Ia spell, are already sufficient
" bewdered III the existing mazes Of photographed
auOnohes.
Is. Staunch, Worcester, Stancb, Webster Stanch
s coed Webstersn orthography; E,yuology demands
| H. IL is the spelling OF the Bibr; see Luke 5:4f.
StaRct alone, and not saaRcb at all, s the orthogra-
ply in Skinner Bailey, Ash, Phillips Tanning, John
son Coes, Perry, Weller and Craig and has been in
times past The form Worcester preferred
u. Ton, Worcester, Ton, Webster. Webster
gives beth forms each defined 10 is appropriate pha-
betiesl Management, for both IN HE prefers
the latter for genealogical reasons Tie word comes
from the Saxon tuna, ce,k from which the sense
| of weighing II taken Walker, Todd, Reid Smart and
| Coles wrote tnH.
20. Wo, Uoreester. Woe. JTebster. Analogy re-
oues tina, the word should take like d0e hoe foe toe
and all other similar Of one syllable other parts
oi speech, 20, 50, no, and Of than
syllable aOto, o,oto orra,0, do no; take the nal
e. Wee IL the ortbography Of the Bible; Members
2l:.9; Isaiah 2i:lG; Matthew BIB.
OF the twenty words cited n class L. embracing all
the miscellaneous" Innovations Of Webster We find
that Of them Innoyations that some were IN
commoI or two centuries before Webster was
born, and al before the American Dictionary was
published We by no mesrs admit that precedent il