Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-06-03
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Here IL q statement that VIII lie ne"
to some Of your readers" remarked the
GROWER. as We entered his den and TOOK
A seat. Forty five million people speak
French. fifty-five million speak Spanish
seyenty-fiye million speak German. and
ninety million speak English. Think
of that. and tell me what II means.
at means that the French language, II
not the nation, is dying cut, we quietly
remarked. "Yes, and IL means that the
English language IL in the ascendency
and will eventually supercede and alb
sorb all other languages. use the word
absorb in a limited sense. In the battle
now going ON our language cannot es'
cape "A certain amount OF admlxture
from foreign tongues but tue nody Oh
the future universal language OF the
whole world in sure to he Of AnRlo-Saxon
origin. Does this fact impose any duty
upon as Certainly. We should en-
dsayor to improve and strengthen our
language in every proper way; prune u
of its inconsistencies, and preserve II
from unwArrantable innovations. Ii IL
almost vain to hope that anything will
be accomplished towards correcting It's
spelling but it's pronunciation may be
improved and preserved from contami-
nation with other languages. Deeora-
ton Day | was around with the soldiers
OF course. they talked Of their wounds
Some called them wounds; others
woonds. Nhich were IN the right
will tell you. Uniformity and consist
ENJOY are important principles IN amy
language. Let us firmly adhere to them
in our u. onunoiation OF English. There
are a number of words which are pro
nounoei almost like wound, certainly
enough to form a class and make rule
Such words are round. bound, found
ground and many Others. Nov find m,
a word in the whole English Language
that will rhyme with woond. You cam
do IL. Woond il capricious novelty
and violates AL important principle oi
language and II should be eGpunged by
every lover Of pure English.
do go 20 church occasionally, strange
as that statement may appear. heal
the preachers and others talk abou'
God. Some say God, others say Gaud
IL anything IN accomplished towards
bringing about uniformity of pronun
citation. our public speakers and schoo
teachers must do the principal work
hut lind they are not perfect models
Doctors and lawyers are worse still
At the court house recently | heard q
popular lawyer make terrible work with
the Queens English. But mistakes II
pronunciation are sometimes excusabie
The use of slang phrases and words II
not. One of our ministers, to large
audience. trying TO express the idea thai
God INTENDED 10 punish Pharaoh fol
his wickedness. remarked that "God
was getting after Pharaoh" II he had
added. with a sharp stick" ! should
not have been more surprist d.
But have scoldAd enough for once
Here is string of word, forminl
meaningless sentences. which yentur'
10 say neither you. nor any other per
son in town can read at sight, wiihou
making mistake IN RECOMMENDATION
Try IL. A courier from st. Louis, al
Italian with Italics, began an address o
recitative on mischievous nationa
finances.
His dolorous progress Was demon
preface 10 his saoerdotal profile gave hi
opponent an accent and an irreparabl'
and lamentable wound. He was dea
and isolated. and the envelope on th,
caliope Mt the depot was q covert TO
leisure and retioeuce from the fast erasl
Of the dancing Legislature of France.
The Utilization of the chasm ans
trough made the servile opiimist We
hemently paneoyrize the lenient God.
He was an aspirant after she vagarie
Of the exorcists. aud an memorable co
adiutor Of the irrefraRible vet exquisit'
hymeneal fsrrago ON the subsistence o
the despicable finale and the recogni
ton Of the consummate apotheosis.
We glanced over the list. but did no
think 10 prudent 10 rua the risk OF frac
turing our jaw by attempting 30 pro
nounce the terrible words. We viii Ie
some OF our lawyers try 1t first. Ii thei
jaws stand 1t, the rect of the commun
ity are safe.