The Hawaiian gazette., 1884-12-03

TIE Dipt8iaHgi q and Some people
are frequently at q loss how 70 spell words
containing these diphth0ncs. when they
have the sound Of long e for in some
words the comes before the g. as In r1s-ir1,
and in others the comes before the Z, as
in belirs A careful writer would not like
TO be caught spelling rstars receive,
OF spelling tsiisrs. believe; and TO tel
IN what words Of this class comes before
{. and in what ones the & should be written
before the G. without looking them up, Is
often quite a matter OF psrpleNity. Nor
VIII it satisfy al minds to do as We once
heard a teacher direct, that Is, make both
letters like i and put a dot midway be
tween them. 20 that It may be taken to
belong to either. No one should be salts
ted with less than making every letter
distinct, and then putting the right letter
In the right place every time
The following general rule may be given
IN reference to these words. which vii
perhaps assist some minds to remember
their proper speLhngs-
4 After 5. and having the sound Of =
z always comes before {: as, --tlirs. dsicirs.
psrcsjrs, cgHocirg, rsrgpt. fes5it slsrlE rsii,
-eigHjgr, ssige and seize. IN which following
8. the comes before e.
2 In all other words Of tins class. +
always comes before q: as bs'is5c. bdlig, re
ii-rc. rsligf. HlisciiT, hHdtsrrtig, ri, .Faf.
Fad ssrce fiezs, gri1. uiiGi, aisal, Pi1c, lisF,
pierre gricst. -ep7l-s. and sfeld. with their
compounds and derivatives To this there
are two exceptions: lrisrrs and tlil. tree
DysEiag FiH1l CUs1Hr7ss.-The words
rcd and rsId each end with q single .: but
when another syllable Is added the 3 IN
reid Is doubled, but the Q IN rr76 remains
single: thus. rs5dGiHg. rlrdj1g. Why l.
this The rule is that all m0I0syllables
ending IN q single consouant preceded by
a single vowel. double that cous5nant %
taking an additional syllable; and words
Of m5rg than one syllable ending IN
single cunsOnEut preceded by j single
vowel. II accented on the Ll- syllable
double that consonant on taking an add
tional syllable: but II the accent Is Gt on
the last syllable the c0lsonaut Is not
doubled Thus: pem, pafsHos, pslsliag:
hof. hotter btgja, tsgiH7i1g. The consOuaut
Is doubled in sIh cases 70 preserve the
short sound Of IN vowel. as. for instance.
parnea would naturally be pronounced
with the long sound Of O.. instead Of the
word from pls1aef Take the words first
introduced: rsosi has the accent on the first
syllable, 50 does not double its final con
s0usuf. but rcd has the accent on the last
syllshle, and therefore does double 1t.
The word fraraiiag has but one because
the word t-rrd Is accented on the first sylla-
be, and the word -ersfipiug but one p for
Ike reason. The rule Is q simple one
and If the reader VII TX II firmly II ms
mind. be VIII ind that It VII enable him
to master thoroughly numerous class OF
words, which otherwise he VIII be liable
to misspelL
-i56rTiatiaas.-In writing for the press,
use no unnecessary abbrevizhons- Never
write Sa5 for SGh5Ufi- nor eesi- Tor al-Uliit,ec;
Tor. ID Il makes additional work at the
Office Of publication to write them out; q
II seems like abusing the noble institution
Of the Sabbath and the royal law Of which
Il Is pzrt; and t3) II looks shiftless II the
manuscript. Never write flo for fieHgA
IrB for hrusg1. etc. Write such words
out IN full Just as they should stand IL
print. Never sbbreylate the name Of a
State, unless some place. county, town