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he would give them their English =,
sounds. Why then may we not say Il
Kckaro in Latin; Kekcron III Greeh'
and vet Cicero i'll English?
s. The next trouble which weighs
unou Prof. F's mind is for the safety =
of law terms and phrases. Does not {
the professor know that there are
French phrases i'll law as we'll as
Latin? Fer the same reason theh'
let us teach our children to pro-
nouuce the French as though 1t were
English.
9 His next anxiety is for our own
language. He fears that should the
Roman system prevail, the English
itself would be revolutionized. That
would indeed be a calamity. Inc
English is now so simple aud uniform
in its orthoepy. that no hand. even
though it should be a classic touch
should dare to mar its perfect beauty.
For example, rough, cough. plough,
slough. English orth9py certainty
should be the model tor the world,
aud we should not doubt that, in the
bappy country where the Languages
are all one, Prof. f. will hnd that
,hey are all pronounced like his dar-
ling English.
10. But Prof. F's fears have not all
been stated yet. He is troubled
about our fathers. We are so much
in the habit of talking Latin to u
fathers, aud the professor Is afraid
that the would not understand US
if we used the Roman. All pro-
lessor, is it possible that you are
beginning TO feel that You are a
father, that the reform has come 100
late for you, and that you do not
wish to be cut off from classic com.
muniou with your three Thousand
/ Latin chill ireu Be ~comIorted,P dte'
. venerable, we shall use the English
wien We talk To you.
II. Great soiicirude is felt by froi
g +. lest the Roman pronunciation
should interfere with our Euslisi
II etvmologv. Has he thought OF
: the influence of the English system
e upon Latin etymoiogy The ex
amuIes are abundant, which shoV
t,e utter confusion into which thu
: English orthoepy throws the lnfec
IS ions and dcrivatious of Latin word:
l. What is the root of Il Latin word
Does it remain constant through a
+ the forms? Let US see. Take Cfcus
II a village; its root is rtc (%veek). III
III fleet it, according to Prof. +. anu
- l., rike. rise, rike, rtke, rice uk
- rtse, r1ke, rtSe, uthe, Ease, rtSe. Tn
- j. beautiful. and then so exact. Tax
:, Lex. and you have the root III pul
- form only in the noInlnatlve,
'' the other cases it Is ietj or LEI Tai
docere, and for the principal part
we have dos. dos, dOk, dok. Iai
dicere, and we have dixie. DIS, IT.
-. DIX, and for the pres. indie, dtf
VI disc. disc. dis, dis, dixie. Is not tn
y lovely ? surely "variety ID the spi'
,a of life" especially in the Engli'
pronunciation, Prof. F. is illustrs
:. ing the beauties OF his system befo
his classes and showing them no
50 readily you can trace All Engli
i, derivative to its Latin primltl'
He takes our word doctor. "Wh
,ont ~ bo ,ala HDDb' Is [
= reply. From what Latin root
DOS, of the verb dos-e-re.' Is t
If answer! Lecture is the next woi
, =, Prof. f. demands the root. "Let
,., From what source:' "LeJ, OF I
V, rp lej-e-re :" This is the systt
which destroys Latin p~ronunclatl
4, II and Latin etymology for the sake
o.s English etymology.
al u. But again. Prof.F. says that
r. is the English system; that is.that
Latin words are to be called AS thou
.;,h they were English. Let us see ab'
..;, that. According to Worcester
1870 has, in English, seven sounds; {, II
/, five; o, six; aud a, r
Webster gives q five sounds;
$3.50. three: i four; 0, SIX and II, fo
o Does Professor F. pronounce L.
,ho 50 d? He gives q, three sounds ana
o,;, of tie rest of the vOwels but two.
,., therefore does not give the VoV
:, their English sounds, but oni.
o,,. small portion of hem. why re
,uuh the Fest, il we are to angllcize
clil.- Latin! Moreover, III iua"'''J'
ii as in English say nor.tce aud in l.
.To-ris? Why in English get, all
help Latin gerit Gerit)? In English
aud in Latin mergitis (merjitisE
tbs so called English system Is not
1 the li-h. Indeed no system a be
Not fish, for the sufficient reason
qlish there is 10 such thing as a sclet
:. X. English orthoepy.
pro ID. We venture, with ON he
andn ton, t. make one more criti'
aside We think that Prof. F. has he
given due credit to others for
,olar- help which he has received i'll
iving preparation OF MS pdihPuiet.
puuds large part OF his facts he has
learn from Prof. W. u. Richardson's; a
e in part of his argument from DR..
Com phrey.
kyou, We regret that Prof. fishe
t COM published this pamphlet. IL
ssourI add nothing to his already q
3 con- guished reputation i'll Missouri,
1 Won, il calls attention to the Que
defect in his specially as a teac
,st the Latin. We still hope that nc
jcero's follow the example of Prof. he
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