The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-12-31
NEW TRICKS FOR DUDES
How to Acquire a London Accent :
A New Scheme. s-s .

DERSONAI-LondOn accent taught either
i individually or In classes. Address
office. NsHf @ ---s S-'1r't
1t was in following UP sthis advertise
ment that encountered q genius who
might pose either for pathological en-
thusiast or a scheming, INCORPORATING
Yankee. His place of business is a lit
tie room where he lodges, and his stock
in trade small blackboard, a ready
tongue and enthusiasm. He was not at
all averse to explaining the nature Of
his business. srr Ju oct sGiat e1>
at is the eminsntly proper thing,
don't you know, for the dude to speak
English as il is spoken In London. In
fact he can not really be considered q
dude who does not accent his words af-
ter the manner of the English cousin
1t Is not every dude who has had, or
can afford 70 obtain the advantages OF a
trip across the briny 70 learn the London
accent on its native heath, 50 to speak,
and my scheme is to supply them with
the desired article a. a price consider =
ably less than the price of a single first
cabin trip to England. The method is
simplicity itself. Suppose you came in
for your lesson. You would sit at the
table there with pencil and notebook,
while with chalk and pointer would
stand at the blackboard. 1 should write
on the board thus: ~.
DayOwn che Cool nayow haow vahstly
DeOn cheneo heOO cahny
Don't you know? how. an
1.-THE pupil has to copy these phrases
as well as several others / write before
the lessonis concluded. Having copied
them, the pupil listens while | pro-
nouncs them. You see, the idea Is to
convey to the slightest intellect the way
the sounds change in the speech OF the
Americans and English. Some men,
you know, have no powers of imitation
at all. But, starting a dude with his
first phrase, he can easily pronounce IL
as IL is written; then, softening each of
the vowel sounds, I bring him TO the
second phrase, which represents, as
nearly as possible, the London pronun-
citation. The second sets OF words
shows the word how in its euphonic
changes. The third is an expression in
writing Of the correct pronunciation OF
of vastly, can't and T. After saying
them over with me several times, the
pupil has only to look at-the proper
spelling of the words and phrases, and
then give them the right accent without
reference to the table Of changes. See?
1t is practice for the memory. Some
people suppose that the dude has not
intellect enough to take up a theoreti-
cal study like this, but you would be
surprised to see how much q dude
really can do when he deTotes his whole
energies TO the work.
SYou have some pupils, then?"
"Oh, dear, yes; several Individuals
all men. One young lady has become
interested, but feels bsshful about be-
ginning alone, and am encouraging
her to get up class. That Is what /
should like better than anything in New
York. A class of fifteen, or even
dozen lovely girls. Now wouldn't that
be lovely, en-? I'm sure they would en-
Joy il and would make apt pupils. OF
course, everything can not be taught by
the written symbols alone. There must
be oral work and patient listening 20 the
best accent. Then for practice should
so much like to have q class of young
ladies repeat something IN concert with
the proper accent" Oh 9.l 20
Just imagine the excellent effect of |
fifteen sweet girls repeating in chorus:
on Linden when the sun was leow,
And bloOdless laigh the unfrOdden sneOw, |
And dark a. winter was the feOH
OF lser reOlling rapidly.
Wouldn't it be fine. eh7"