The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1881-02-06
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ffVf the ESCuulonu stcVS Uni
Mcssrs. Editors,-A Allow me 10 cav I'VE
attention az your readers TO some OF We
many errors 81 speech quite common a'hvne
us. I have wcco'ly exam,eeu, sone~na'
..rofu,is. n valuable lutte hook, "ksery
pay Errors of Speech" by Dr. Meteo.u,
and have been greatly astonsshei al TOE Iic'
shs. errors az speech are so common even
among sfv<cfed people. Men and women
Who have graduated NJ colleges OF NO mean
s,snd,ne- hundreds OF those who vead tb's
aper-ralspronouoce words IN co",u'o" "a, uis
and yiols,e rules OF grammar. Ana tu's
tbey do simply because no one ilas Dn."
their sts~,,tion 10 such errors. hNeh ainons
eminent teachers you WIZ sou's',n 60 ,,
Tho yycrsi .. recfssr pronounced "f cess,
ps,,t the accent on the first syllable lns'eao
~ tho second. How often We hear peop..,
SCOT NJ an address as fipe "diS'coutse,,.
;r.,e,d az discourse. That word "ojteh
,h.t 7 have it,st now used Is frequently pro
nonoced of.fep. Instead Of en-. Inc II
s;je,,, ana the o l. snort. How man! sas
..oc cl,.ma,eo instead Of sac ca iba'e' a.
they should. We frequently near r"0
word "a, 6p-atby" pronounced "o'-'c,
,a,hy ,, m the word 0rchtoeS
RI; - long. as IN pine, ana the
"a q snupded rs T.. Errors as 10 DOM
re no,rt. are frequently observed. Inc
,'o,d :. hode - should be pronounced "tSd.
Thc word ..bo quet" should Ice pronounced
.boo.k6.v not t6.ka." The WORD "cGtC1'
JotSv should be used only when inteRt'on
j. impllcd. II is a serious charge 10 say "a
a mans speech, at was eafcMoied 10 uV
HARM How often we hear lhe "o'u
=. eater. corneredv pronounced cdttycoiDe..,,
ed or Kitty cornered. The word "cop.'VM
il often used with reference 10 tue "o"u'"
Of an article or page; but suen "s'sV -
moi sanctioned by good wrhets' III tpe
WORD "C6n ira ~" the accent " on Tue III -
syIlabIe-not the second. "Hr6"t" your
mouth" said The dentist to patent Woo
tooth he had extracted. "Inahk YOU ~, ~
plied the patient, you have done iua'' -
rinse ii, II you please There Is 10 suo :.
,vord os .t rifle" but we frequently hear IL
instead q "rippie.' We ought TO s1t " tc1 :.
ycr.sap,. y moi :; con. GER SAINT: "dlt-I.cn,"
not =. de fiS.it." In The WoId "dd''" ,' ''
Grst n is long. A. in face. Not uncommon!
no hoar the vo,d "de.m6a. slia-tive pro-
nouneed "df1a on.stfa-liye." Many OF me
ladies say "dfS seri," instead OF des'Sert,
and ..tGy{ TAM" Instead Of "'ar-Ia-tan.
Tbis word ha, three syllables-noi Two. Inc
word "d6Lor.ou,v has the first >uoit,
AZ i'm foUu We should speak OF person
dy,uS of disease, not tch 1t. In ne WORDS
=. Gn.n zee" and " dn.dH.ces' TIE Is SNORT
and the ecent is on the second sNi'aoie'
II ts quite rlght 10 say d" haye got NY res
SON" ~ spsYe GOT sum OF money" tney
have cost mentaI or physical labor. me
word "b6r.a>sN is often cIrone0u'iy pro-
noupced with The accent on the second sNi'
liable. The second III the word "ln'qe''
~" is long, and has the accent we sGouid
say ",S.so.late" Il shOiU, not i-S0-late ;
"ly.tf um." rot Ly-ce um; "mu'"e' uu'
NOT .sgna scum -: "te-nient." not ".eai-
en,v: "6J.Ile.a.tory," not "obHJ a.
,oryv. "6a.er.Ous," not generous ;
{" par.ent" a. il spelled pdir-eni, not "pay-
rent: "pa.trou," not "pdt.ron -; "pa.
triot," not "pat-ri-ot," but ''pa'-ron'Ize
has short. The word "piatt"' IS pro-
nounceG as if spelled ptate, not plat nor
meet. How common an error II IS 10 SPEAK
of the pieetS Of a sblrtbOsom. we ough' -
say pltCdrd," not "pAc-ard "pTod'
uce," not "pyo.duce the verb Is " pro-
dice" In the word "put" the has the
sound of 90 in foot, not OF 10 Out.
"Seine," net for catching hsh, snpuiC,
he pronounced "Seen," not "S0ne."
Truths" rs often improperly pronounced
..fyuthz.v instead OF giving the fnal IT'S
primary sOuHu' III INV WI" wv
The is short" uih.ar," not ri-kar. IL Is
quite common to say "ep-tzute-y." but the
word l. "ep.i.z6.ot-y." 1t has five sylli-
bIes. and the accent is on the tLird. Then,
too, the adjrc,ive op.rzo.6t-ic" is frequent
" used Incorrectly as Il substantive. In iDe
word yeast" lue y is sounded--lt Is not
"eoSt." one NAV say yery properly thol
be "raked," "duOke," or dtcohened y
early in The morning, but not that DC
",roke" in the morning, or That he 'cokt
another: for there is no Snch WORD aS UOhe.
Neither IS there such a word as iedEened,
but Awakened" "Up" i sometimes
used with "uske," " tCdked," or "dlcd
kin0.v but Il is senseless supeIfiuity.
In closing this rather long article II l.
proper for NE to add that attention has been
called only t, such words as TO the pro
noupeiaiion OF which Webster and Worces
ter agree. 1t Is SOMETIMES quite humilia-
ting TO De criticised on word with when
YOU have been familiar all your HE, yet TIC
man who does il is a real friend; and II this
article shall help any Que 10 correct his own
errors shall not regret having written H.
Yours truly, w. "A. PEARSON.
Petersburg, Va.
-FOUR correspond, ut has undertaken
homeless task. Persons often pronounce
words incorrectly rather than seem to be
orthoepic prudes. The letter invites crit
icism; but we let il pas as calculated to do
good.l