, 1888-08-29
PRONUNCIATION IN ENGLAND.
Proper Names Disguised Beyond Recog.
nItIon.-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, ''Bechmp" for
B~eauchamps, 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," M~ainwaring Is called
"Mannering." so Guy Mannering" is
really Guy Mainwaring; Mcleod" Is
McCloud. In Molyneux the x is sounded;
In Vaux the final < Is also sounded, but
In Devereux the final x is not sounded;
in Des VauX the final x is dropped. In
Meux the K takes the sound of "Mews."
her Is pronounced "Kar," and is would
DO very bad style to call 1t Cur" Cock
burn Is called "Coburn-" Cowper. tho
poet of the Sofa" and John Gilpin," is
called Cooper" always. In Waldegrave
be called "Walgrave," a slight accent on
the first syllable. In London always say
"Barkley" for Berkeley. Only the Lon
don cabmen call 1t what it Is. They say
Berkeley square," but my noble lord
says "Barkley square"
The Derby is the Darby. In Dillwgn
the wv" takes the sound of gu" 1t 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 o takes the
sound Of IL, andit 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 is always Dersby, St.
John Is "Sin Jin," as a surname or n
Christian name, but as a locality or q
building 1t is pronounced as spelled-St.
John. Montgomery is Montgomery. In
Elgin the g is hard and should be pro-
nounced as the g in give. The G in Gift
''Jifford's History of England. " and he q
in Nigel is also soft, as the Foran 8 Of
Nigel. In Conyngham the o takes the sound
of u n should be pronounced Cunning
ham. In tombstone the I should not be
sounded. Strachan should be pronounced
Strann, Heathcote is called Hethcut, Hert-
ford is called Hartford. Seymour is pro-
nounced Semur, A~lbergravenny is called
Abergenny, BOURNE is Burn, Colquhoun Is
simply Koohoon, the accent on the last
syllable. Coutts is called Roots, Du-
chaGnp ia nulurD Eyra Ia callaI Afr
Goner is Cor, Godfrey is called Jerry,
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 Worm; but st. Maur is called
st. Maur, Vllliers is called Villers, Vile
bois Is still pronounced like a French
name, "Vealbox." Tyrwhit is Tierret. In
oil this one is reminded of the English
lord who gave his card to an expressrnan.
Mr.. Cohoon." said the expressman.
When he looked at the card It read Col
quhoun.
That is one of them adventurer fell
lers," said the expressman.
Bethune Is pronounced Beeton, Dalziel
Is pronounced Decal, Charters Is called
Charters, Geoghegan is called Gaygen,
Ruthven Is called Rvven, Fldes 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 Parnell the
last syllable is emphasized. In Trede-
gar, Bredalbane, Clsnricarde, only the
middle syllable Is emphasized. For Ira
falgar square the old lopdoner 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 tho
Chemists" II he wants a dose of medi-
cine. Apothecaries existed in Shak-
spores 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 IN
derstood.-Mrs. NJ. e. W. Sherwood's
Latter.