Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1888-08-17
phoNuNclATIoN IN ENGLAND.
Proper Names Disguised beyond Recog.
nitfon.--A Partial List.

Proper Names Disguised beyond RecOg.
nition.-A Partial List.
Persons who are entirely educated
through the eye without reference TO the
ear and on whom sound has no effect are
content TO pronounce names as they have
been accustomed to hear them pronounced,
without taking the trouble to observe or
even to notice how they are spelled. So
what we call bad pronunciation of names
by those moving in good society--that is
to say, the educated classes-is their good
pronunciation, and in almost every in
stance the change is for the worse TO the
educated American critic; for instance,
''Chumley" for Cholmondeley, Marsh
banks" for Majoribanks, "Bech'mp" for
Beauchamps, and so on. Nothing but
the fact that the people in Eng
land speak different dialects in diff
ferent counties, that they cannot
understand one another, must ac-
count for the fact that Blythe is
pronounced "Bly" Mainwaring is called
.Mannering," so Guy Mannering" is
really Guy Mainwaring; Mcleod" is
McCloud. In Molyneux the is sounded;
in Vaux the final is also sounded, but
in DevereuX the final X is not sounded;
in Des Vaux the final is dropped In
Meux the takes the sound of "Mews."
Ker is pronounced "Kar," and is would
be very bad style to call it Cur" Cock
poet of the Sofa" and John Gilpin, is
called Cooper" always. In Waldegrave
the ''de" should be dropped. 1t should
be called "Walgrave," slight accent on
the first syllable. In London always say
"Barkley" for Berkeley. Only the Lon
don cabmen call it what it is. They say
Berkeley square" but my noble lord
says "Barlley square,
The Derby is the Darby In Dillwgn
the ''w" takes the sound of "u;" it is pro-
nounced Dillun. Leveden is called Live
den. Pepys should be pronounced Pepis,
the accent on the first syllable. Evelyn
is called evelyn, with the accent on the
first syllable. In Monson the takes the
sound of u, and it is pronounced Munson.
The same in Ponsonby, which is always
Punsunby. Blount is always Blunt,
Brougham is Broom, Buchan should be
pronounced Buccan. Wemys is always
Weems, D'Eresby us always Dersby, st.
John is 'Sin jim" as a surname or a
Christian name, but as locality or y
building it is pronounced as spelled-St.
John. Montgomery is Montgomery. In
Elgin the g is hard and should be pro-
nounced as the in give The in Gift
ford is soft, as Jifford. They talk of
"Jifford's History of England, and the e
in Nigel is also soft, as the Forames of
Nigel. In Conyngham the takes the sound
of Il and should be pronounced Cunning
ham. In Johnstone the should not be
sounded, Strachan should be pronounced
Strann, Heathcote is called Hethcut, Hert-
ford is called Hartford. Seymour is pro-
nounced Semur, Albergravenny is called
Abergenny, Bourne is Burn, Colquhoun is
simply Koohoon, the accent on the last
syllable. Coutts is called Roots, Du-
chesne is Dukarn, Eyre is called Air,
Goner is Cor, Godfrey is called Jefry,
Hame is Hume, and Knollys is Knowles,
Lehigh is Lee, Menzies is Myngies, Mac
nemera is pronounced Macnemra, Sandys
is pronounced Sands st. Clair is Sinkler,
Vaughan is Vorn but st. Maur is called
st. Maur, Villiers is called Villers, Vile
bois is still pronounced like French
name, "Vealbox," Tyrwhit is Tierret. In
all this one is reminded of the English
lord who gave his card to an exprcssman.
"Mr. Cohoon." said the expressman.
When he looked at the card it read Col
quhoun.
"That is one of them adventHrer fell
lers," said the expressman.
Bethune is pronounced Beeton. Dalziel
is pronounced Decal, Charters is called
Charters, Geoghegan is called Gaygen,
Ruthven is called Rivven, Fildes is called
Filedes, Bicester is called Blister, Cirencis-
ter Cisester, Belvoir is Bever, Pontreract
is simply Pomfret, Rokeby is called
Rookby.
In Burdett, Kennaird and Parnel the
last syllable is emphasized. In Trede-
gar, Bredalbane, Clanricarde, only the
middle syllable is emphasized. For Ira
falgar square the old Londoner says Ire
falgar square. This difference of nomen-
clature reaches also to the very different
names of things, as no one in London asks
for an ''apothecary shop" he asks for the
chemists if he wants dose of medi-
cine. Apothecaries existed in Shak-
spere's time, as we learn from Romeo
and Juliet" but they are gone out"
since. As soon as an American can divest
himself of saying baggage" and learn to
say luggage" the sooner will he be un-
derstood. NJ. Z. w. Sherwood's
Letter.