The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-06-06
,ccIpgNTAL SPOILERS.
vducated People Shipwreek
A''' On the spelling of Certain
Words.

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Here ! Tho contributes very clever
sTy man, the magazines. This is his
feuTn i,s and truthful confession; Il
sbsoiI - to give my material TO an
sm sI Tho is not thoroughly acquaint-
eii'Ii M me or M antecedents, and who
e. W.. already bought my stories, or
ha' a. ,ass not know that what | write
WIZ "a rto TO read. tor am that IN
PeOil ..,e creature whose spelling may
ioi'-.5 or bad. according to circum-
be In other words, I belong to
siAii.e -;.srable category OF human be
us. no are to be classed among the
in5' ,.,,,l spellers.' What do | mean
H.ty I may write fifty pages of
~ ..c-ipt with very few errors OF
I-, ,i;,, then all OF a sudden on page
a5'-o1s will come blunder after blum
~. Words correctly spelled and used
and over are all wrong now. Ny
O, ;-5 n a sudden halts and refuses 10
H. The letters properly. My little
80 of eight years old would deserve a
FISHING for such vulgar blunders.
n wife will sometimes read my copy
NJ cIssn II up, but when l am IN a
Srrry ! cannot wait for her.
-. - ,ook a book had made some time
90 ~ well-knOWn publisher be
new me BIZ reputation and was po-
is-btlv received. The subject | had
cfose1 seemed to suit him. He had the
.smerity 10 read the first page OF my
-oenuscrlpt. then he suddenly halted,
and was al once aware that he had
ionnd one. maybe q half dozen mis-
ages in spelling. Under ordinary Gil
rnmstances. l might have corrected the
Numbers. but If the sale OF my Work, or
nv life. had depended on spelling right
offthe doubtful words. could not have
dome il l had no idea how TO spell
them. was conscious that they were
wrong. but the geography. the picture
Of the word had entirely faded out OF
nv mind. might have said to that
beyiIdered publisher: i will spell those
words quite correctly to-day or tO-mor-
row. but Just now it is impossible For
ulnately il did not hurt the value of
the WORK, for that intelligent and for
giving publisher bought that book.
feel very much ashamed of myself, how
ever. whenever l see him.
Here is al instance happening to me
TODAY: sm very much interested in
abstract science, and am reviewing for
periodical & series Of works on a partic-
ular topic, and have TO take copious
notts. wrote the simple word many
nancy ! don't think l ever put the
e in before That extra 'e' fascinated
ne. was conscious that il looked
funny and original Ii seemed ludrici
Gus. and il annoyed me. Then after a ]
while did not know whether II was
right or wrong. had to call on nv
little gil and ask her how to spell
many fO- ne. AslOng as live shall Z
never write made ana maid without 4
shying 81 them. The web and the /
noun are utterly distinct, but neverthe- I
less have 10 think whether the Maid I
Of Orleans Is right SO far as IL refers TO !
Joan o. Arc. It's q rrick of forty odd I
years standing. Despair Is another /
Eo-i. ! despair oiever writing il with /
on. feeling OF uncertainty. want TO 4
make t 'despare.' l have a pitched 1
ba-t.e with my. pen before can work /
IN tie = and as often as not put in /
The = after the word is written. l won't 4
write desperate If can help il. but /
must write despairgte.' It's my worst I
case Of mixing words. speak Free CHI
and German fuently. read Italian and
Spanish with ease, / delight in the
Roman poets, and am distinguished for
bad spelling in three languareS. do
MOI 0Tazen II out. do not say, L DO
nof care. I rather solicit your pity for
here is afinal case With a slignt tinre
q romance 10 II. A college bred mar.
graduate with hOnors, addressed a I
YOUNG 4ady, ana was referred 10 The .
!O-IS persons iather. Permission to
press Us SUIT could not be made verbal i
!! 70 lae iather who was absent. and /
S.co!dihgiy me young man wrote a
s'.eI, a reply came D. omptly enough,
e.t nor oil pleasing character. ThA
-a.lleI, q llghIy educated man. and1
sO--e lai Oh q parist, was shocked with
St..s. oad plumbers Of spelling in the
ter. = gu
Hlelher II was excitement. or what
.o., Coulu not De determined but the
o-Se 5.euce 70 me suIror we're likely to
re distressing. Subsequent corresn3nc'
nv showed that the possible son-in-
50 oAAEcu- nut from an
olt OF place and a double ~ - or
one too many rs, d" or mixing nm .s;e"
Nilh Gle the fortunes OF the TWO
!ouns people came near being shin
IN order TO satisfy ones self how
Ia S.5iAhse are these idocyncrasies il Is
80 necessary for the reader. without
n 90, - no u; me spelling bee annoyance.
. - - 9ls friends in regard to their ne
ellarliies Of spelling. Its eTcee GI-
.I.e 70 md only one who does NOT saw
me ,--. le hslts over certain words s
s- ---n Who in his professional
y. r -eeas az the leading journals OF
- rs nited States declares that the
-" - most frequently misspelled are
r-,of an s1a loose, for editors aud
80 readers seem to be az sea in re
s@'l 10 ihem.-N. Y. TIaes -
aAI are the desirable Qualities