, 1869-11-14

been 30 fruitful Of newspaper and magazine 9
a1ticlea in this country and England, hss u
lwind1od down in the latter country to n
discussion Of the proper mode Of pronounc- | il
ing the poets na1nc. Tho P.H -ntN {spelle3 b
Pail MalD Gazette, newspaper published c
in city which Lord Broom .Bsoueham) J +
used to call Lun'un London), on the north I
bank Of the Tens {Thamcs), west of Grfen- Z
ii9e tGreenwich), decides, after an e1eaust-
i've discussion Of tho authorities, that We
should pronounce the nane of tho great
poet of cynicisn md misanshrops as If 1t s
were spelled RyrroE, the y being short {
That this pronunciation, however correct,
will ever be generally adopted. Is very lm- {
probable but it ia worthy Of notice a. an !
illustration Of the way In which our trans
Atlantic brethren twist, ttistort, and persert
the pronunciation Of proper names. in def
ance Of Ill reason and analogy. English
writer's hare INDUCED in @ great deal Of
hypercziticsan m showing up the tanits Of
our American speech; but We doubt if our
grossest offences against the Queens Eng
Esh exhibit Greater perveraty than that
displayed by the highest classes in England
in mctamorphosing the na1nes of persons
and 1laees In roany cases the exercise Of
tbia Nesnse works such exssaosdinary aud
1;,ory. transformations that person who
had never heard the word spoken could not,
by the lucliest guess, hit upon the spell
! ing. i
| ...a ~ nro,ounra Re,rchaun Betc1am
nss,so. n,ooat :. Ra1ro;r herr. Saint
- c:.:ss. a., Iaraa Ta..7 ina
soao' ey... .,'.1i-. -" -;1;c1,nns ci1;ncsster "a
s.n4-.c,o,1 ;,tn tba b;ss;no ,s;,<t<r. the
.Ss ...s,..a c.a,.,o1,,a ,,a,ov ah-;nks
10y aD1 '.:s.ss.s T,snn1.., 49, fouoau Enson,
-se 49, I1,s. te - n.-S,,. ,ho ,,or,o ~ +ba
- - - =, ;ns;nnot. that III, his
.,us;caI ,tnrss rcre r7;t,en. not from iu-
s,;-,t;nn Int as a Taak. in pronounced
T.an.r. and the nreat lord Chancellor, of
vhn,, i ras said that science was his
m,te md omniscience his foibge,
dxinales- as We havo already remarked,
;nto Rra,u,-sicuidcaut. wa suppose. Of
,ha .uecninp st,le Of his oratory, and
| u.h;.h s,,,1esta.3 1syrrona sarcastic
.s 1eoa, hsoomg moral chinneJ.sweepes."
In the same shirt, the name Of tho great
military chief who STAYED tho triumphant
c,nrse Of Louis XIV. is cut down to
,fo,,Hro. in allusiop. doubtless, to the
nan,jnc which ho gave the French at
| r1enheirn and Nalp!aquet. This tendency
n economize time BIZ shortening pronuncia-
; linn IL not nav in England. but dates buck
,,arond tbe time of yul,aire. who, in refer
ence to this clipping Of words, said that an
! | F,no,;shnan pained on Frenchman two
bonrs dav in talking. There is a similar
: +enaancv tn nbridpo the spelling OF wurds,
3 md henca 81 incocuito has been shortened
l .o;,o,o. ii ,oob;1a z,,.ons tn mob {. cab
70 lncpei uoo"e su'Htte ~ e1
!, | rin]et to cab IL gentleman to gent :;
( :. ..,,,.,oo,s n nants. uomuibus to
= ~ s. asr.r,, - ror. .snr;mitire~ to
= ....-;..;, q, ,,;o..s naxnhrokcrs
1 p 1:.a., - - 49, H.
n 49, s,.na,s md ,,,oa.
= ~ . ~ d. c;rcn,a,sa md ,cai1 Nv ali
z,nea ,. -. ...sa ~ : .anas1,v to nronounce
- e4a>ses' 'ne,' - = a:.,," 80. ~ na,nas 49,
10 "ol"s' ~. ~ er s-.to,.arhr. r and hanna il
:, u1ome ~ So 60 ...s1s r. fsxar .non,l;a,
ia 'ne ou' ,. ~ - s .sa.n,a;.t;on th.n +
- and disetnt1es IN ptonunc'a.'on t.Al4 -
- ene'anu, "n"'s s.A.s;.,aa ~. III, tte rnm,.
- pe'soes oe''''s ,s,:... ,e .,1o
y. o. a'ssan' o1 a'iven 4 49," sa,s ..,ho
~ n'ed parsons 1 ~ a.~nas thns ,o,,ne,
" than By tho ear; and nanes 1oos leasae'
IT. will naturally bo pronounced according t
tie | the regular orthocpY Of the language. =