, 1875-07-25

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rnr,i5 =. ,o.t ~ Thr. the ~
- 8. .cantrsn !. f;~+nt..I ther,rL fror, Chau.
oar's tina to Niiton.a n..1s rsnu;gsd ~. No ere
in uncre h.r an .th;etor;c ;ntsra.t thourh
etvmnlopy fsyors a aker vh,ch was the earliep
snailine' aud continned in ma concnrrent uith
tha moiern form. to thu u,ii}d|e NJ the 1ast ran
tnry. johnson Vroto the 7erh ato cnld1e y with
= single d, and "codle thereby became historic.
Neither Sheridan nor Walker ventured to
is y rsIa Walker. in note to the Hord :: tbs
venerat;on I have for Dr.. Johnson's M
thor1tv forblds no to alter in this dictiou-
nry. tbonrh shall never follow it in PRACTICE"
And so "codle " came down to Richardson and
list edition. Historic interest" again, protects
tha anal of .seranite. missile" .shostlIe,''
- .goroe." and innumerable other words in |
which il has no phonetic value. Two hundred =!
years ago jealous conser7.tors Of The Kings |
uhistoric 1t the end OF s.bless,'' 'sauoass," |
" i3;strcss etc and they we're a. indignant 1t |
the omission OF u in the last syllable Of "au-
tbonr aud edltour" as Was Archbishop Hare |
A. :. anch abo1ninatious as honor or faror."
TuT .ppr4RAncE or "xDrros,"
Tha .nthor Of = tract entitled .sFriendly Ad-
v;ca to the coyT:ecton, of the English Presse at
n4forn concerning tI,a Enrlish Orthographie,"
nnhliahed In I,ondon in 1852, complains-in
fonsa oot ,1ofsmiji,r to modern ears-of up-
su,ho-;7as ch.noas of snalling il, Bible then
.sta3e ,,-;n,ed ~ ~ fnrd ne vcrv first word.
1'5 ttet ~ ~ praf.ca he savs ia the Offend
in0 .Correctonr n-.s gives US \ notable in
aes,,a ~ ronr s1tr.or1in,rv tacntty Of revising
a.s 80. ~ ha.1s - hafora IN onr lanen.ee
,rI,a-e I'm NV me Edisor to tha reader,
7, ~ ~ pio.aad to srffer it to anell OF the
F,ci;sb rone,e w f.r a. to have uri,ten Editou1
a snail ri;rnnaa h.a heen e1ven to a good
cuesser 70 know YOUR meaning; hut writ
ena kiln, INNS nn}anrned above tho
Enptish Tonouo can tell whether the word
ha Hebrcv Ar,hck, or Ethiooick. for it
cnmeh sa near D,e7a AZ English I dare saw he
adds (tnough here be was not quite right,
never n nh ord thonph xon ones n pFomised
sncn - form Of the Eueilsh Tongue as was
snoken in London and Oxford " (p. s. More
ever, the Oxford correctour il told, "is was
most nsua) IN leaye the vowel At the end Of q
word as auieBcent. Nowadays, with
lessa Judgment than boldneBso, that must be re-
moved First all our eubstantive8 end
m, n double g. never wanting after them,
must now stand without. because, forsooth, pro-
n7nciation ia SECURE without it," BlessetlnesSe,
7rindyd,ssse. otle.se aud blesse, "nusr want
uhicl, they hid formerly, and upon much bet
ter reason than it Is denied them now" San
other absurditY" couaes N for censure;
die stalking away some co7..onants too
! az for example, writing diaboLc topic, stonac,
n,J,Iic instead of the known words didooliok,
ETC.. or rs sometimes they we.e written historic
ortl'oeranhy. il is clear, was not yet thoroughly
eafabl,ahe5 in 1851. diabolioue p1sb!iq,e etc,
bn+ narer hrt from Oxford with q C terminating
thnm
5oHssox's REsroRArloss.,
This aforementioned .swretc1ed attempt to de-
a.ro7 the h;stor1c interest Of our language "-as
naan Alfred might nave termed it-fo1nd no
f,vc~ wifh Fncl1sh nnrists. Every "topick"
| tecsm. rn;n,nnrtant s.1hetorick less pereus-
s'r.a ~ .,;s;cE =. d;sf.steful as pbrgick BY
tha ioas nf \ 4 and how cuula any - p.totique"
sssE;t ~ ha -adncad +o a s;mnIe ter1uinal G.
Johnson condemued The OMISSION, and restored
~ :. n;xtorc nnalIng. to majutau its place in
Enc,sh En- % Ie1icocraphy, even to this generation
1 ofrosED 10 5aa A5x hsen az w bo
~ ~ si,a1s 10 s star tafen toxards reformed
| e-.hnorsnfr v;rhont ancouute1ipe tidicuie and
a,a-st,on ~ rha cnrrapt aoel1iuc offends not the
nraiud;cas me, civ but in sote sort the self-ln-
E.,a,esh " a. 1,nm.ee reform implies some
| th;,1 t9 ha ,aarned and something to be un-
LINZ, snsns - nd in na1, WIN has heen striving more
leaineo ooassf,,1l1 nna throneh half Iifetme to
,..s,a ths G;fnl;rs Of an historic photography
.a..,.ra1. ;oJ,s,o.ed to besin new Lessons The
r;ctnr IN a sne1linr match can hardly be expected
to show much zeal for the construction Of =
thronsh mich tribuiatiop. sttained. 10 the his
,ar;c stndent of langnaee reform promises no
nersonat bena6t. Tpile to advocate it may resul:
in some personal inconyenience. 1.-THE learned. -
said DR.. Johnson, are 4flaid to declare their
sInn ~ hazard !. the ianorout always imagine
thamse]yes giving some proof VI celcaoy tchen
/ tht,1 refuse to be pleased" Propose to drop =
single silent vowel or to get I'D OF an intrusive
ao,sn,snt md the man Who canno. write halt
soos1 Inss n;thnnt 1ianarsnre from WeI,ster's or
Wor.ester'a standard thrills with disgust and ab-
| .a1-sn"a in avery orthoeraphic nerve Printers
md nahl,ahera are. naturally on the side OF con-
| sarvat;sn, Cnnnositore and proof readers, who
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