Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-07-28
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DO NOT CORRESPOND 10 THE WRITTEN WORDS
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on FIRST arriving In England one Is shocked to
hear the beautiful name 'GlAmys- pronounced
CLANS and Its sister name ',Glacys- pronounced
Glads ana yet a person mispronounced any
English name it would TALL unpleasantly on the
educated ear and we would argue unlavorably as
10 the social position OF the offender. Therefore,
one must say 'NGlads-
For instance, ROUciegh which IN America Is
pronounced as IL Il spelI - IN England Ifa.-a-ia
with strong accent on the frst syllable. You
are Invited 70 dine out 10 Rau-a-a: you dine
| there and you recognize your old friend OF the
Spectator with something like a shrug. TO the
American ear the English spoil some OF their hest
words Mr.. Webster was known as an American
because he called "ROtherhithe" by It's name
"oh," said the puzzled listener 'Perhaps he means
Redrn," ana the cingae port which LonseIlow
puts In his verse.
sandwich and Romney. HAstinss Hithe aud D0vsr
To see the French war steamer coming over.
When the ios cleared away
This famous port Is simply Redrir. No English
hiIhe
IN GOOD SOCIETY.
What we call bad pronunciation OF names by
those moving In good society, that n 70 say, the
educated Classes Is their good pronunciation. and
In almost every Instance the change Is Tor the
worse 10 the educated American cr1tic; Tor IN
stance "Chumley. Tor Cholmondelay, "Marsh-
banks" for Maloribanks, "Bechmpr Tor Beau
champs, and 80 on. Nothing but the fact that the
peopFe In England speak different dialects In
different counties that they cannot understand
one another must account Tor the fact that lSIrfe
Is pronounced BY, Mainwaring II called Manner
Ing, so Guy Mannering Is really Guy kmnaDGr.e:
Mcleod Is McCloud In Mo.yneUx the Is
sounded; In Naux the nnal r Is also sounded but
In Devereux the nnal IS not sounded; ln Des
taxes the sound OF News. ker Is pronounced Kar.
aud IL would be very Tad style 10 cal II Cdr.
oockourn US called coourn; oowper. the poet OF
the ''sofa' and John Gilpin," Is called Cooper
always In waldegrave the de should De dropped.
IL should be called Malgrave, a slight accent on
the nrst s,llaole In London always say barkley
for Berkeley. only The London cabmen call it
what It Is They say Berkeley square, but my
noble lord says Bdrkley square
TEE DERBY Is THE DARBY.
In Dfllwyn the u takes the sound OF q, &c 10
pronounced Dillun. Leyeden fs called Lveden.
Perys should be pronounced Peps. the accent ON
the frst syllable. Evelyn Is called Eceelyn. with
the accent on the nrst syllable. In Monson the
The same In Ponson6y, which Is always Punsunby.
Blount Is always Blunt; BrOugham l. BTooln-
Buchan should be pronounced Buccan. wemyssis
always Mecms; D'Eresby Is always Dersby; St
John IN .'Sin jim" as a surname or a Christian
Maine, Out as locality or uulding y II pro-
gomery. In Elgln the Is hard and should be
pronounced as the o In give. Tue In clifford u
sott, as Jlnord. They talk OF Jinord's History OF
England; and the o IN Nigel Is also sort, as
the Fortunes OF Mel In Conyngham the o takes
"a,
Cunningham. In tombstone the should not DO
sounded; Strachan should be pronounced Strann-
heathcote Is called HeJhcut; nertntord Is called
Hartford; seymour Is pronounced semur; Abergal
yenny Is called Abergenny; Bourne Is Burn; Coqus
hun Is simply hoonoon. The accent on the last syl-
liable. Coutts II called koots; Duchesne Is Dukarn;
Eyre is called Air; GOnvr Is cor; Godfrey Ii called
Jerry; Hame Is Hume, and knollys Is Knowles.
Leigh Is Lee: Menzles Is Myng1es; Macnemera Is
pronounced Macnemra; sandys Is pronounced
Sands; ST Clair Is Sinkler; Vaughan Is Worn, but
NJ. Maur Is called ST. Maur. NllIlers Is called VII
L. sfin ueaa IA La
name, ''vealbox." Tyrwhltt Is Tirrett Ia all OF
this one Is reminded OF the English lord who gave
the expressman. when he looked al the card it
read Coly houn-
'.Thal's one Of them adventurer feliers said the
expressman.
BErHUSR rs PRONOUNCED BErroS.
Datziel is pronounced Decal; Chateris is called
Charters; Geoghegan Is called Gaygen: Ruthven
Is called Rvven; Fdes Is called Filedes; Bicester
Is Blster Cirencster Is Cisester: Belvor Bever;
Pontefract Is simply Pomfret; Rokeby Is called
Rookby. In Burdette, Kennaird ana Parnell the
last syllable Is emphasized. In Tsdegar, Breadal-
bane, Clanricarde only the middle syllaDe n en-
phaslzed. For Trafalgar Square the GA Londoner
clature reaches also 10 the very different names of
things as no one In Londan asks Tor sapotbe-
| a dose OF medicine. Apothecaries existed an
shakespeares Time as We learn from Romeo and
an American can divest himself OF saying .'bag.
gage and learn 70 say luggage the sooner VII
"shaIl send your boxes by the four train,-
saws the cabby at Liverpool
The word trunk" is never applied 70 packing
England. Language In England u.s. however, a
studied effort from the cabOy the cabinet min
lister. All phrases have a stilted elect as we nrst
hear them. There Is none Of the Marx Twain
drawl- the oblivion OF cons0nants which marks
our daily talk. The maid who lights your IRE
phrase. The slang OF England Is the az
t Es,ssSSas q sev,e s9e and o,C yet
phrase, Snow we viii let Dude slides
THE PROPER APPLICATION on TITLES
is always question which puzzles American.
The Prince OF Waes Is addressed as .sir" by the
aristocracy and gentry, and never as " Your Royal
Highness" by any one who Is In society. That
phrase Is reserved for tradespeope and servants
Queen Victoria Is always addressed by her house
hold and the aristocracy as ayes, maam; no.
ma'am;" not madame, not majesty, but simply
ma'am. All classes not coming within the cata-
iogue OF gentry, such as the lower professional
Classes, the middle classes, the servants. say,
Your majesty" And by people not coming
mean the middle and lower classes, al doctors and
every one IN trade, even bankers; these are not,
landed gentry, all persons belonging TO the army
and navy, the clergy and the bar. the aristocracy
ROYAL Aeademy' can sISay. .ssiln nrsxase az
dience with the sovereign Sometimes the sris-
tocracy OF wealth carTles a merchant pn1ce up
into The realm OF the aristocracy, as .Baron'
Rothschild, &C An English duke Is addressed as
"Duke" by the arlstOcracy and gentry. some
Classes must say "Your grace" A marquis A. ad-
dressed as Marks" but generally as LORD A.
The same rule holds good as 20 e6rls, count@sses,
barona harnesses, SIR John. or Lord b., Lady
Il. Americans are, IL presented at court, entt-
tied 70 rank as arlstocracy, aDd are always re-
ceived as such. They must be careful, however,
how they use titles. IL Il only ignorant snoD
who garnshes his conversation With TOO many
titles. One bumptious American was very much
laughed at In London Tor saying THAT amt so,
LORD" He should have said, That Is not 20,
think, my Lord, or Lord H.
TIE pAUGH1E Frs OF DUKES,
marQuises and earls are always ad dressed as Lady
Mary, Lady Gwendoline. Tue wife OF the younger
son should always be addressed as Lady Henry,
Lady Edward The younger sons OF barons bear
the courtesy title OF honorable. the daughter VI
Lord kokeby In writing a note would be The
honorable Elizabeth Montague but she would De
Called Miss Montague In speaking 10 her. In adj
dressing a note the word "The" is prenKed 20
title as
Hon. Emily Ftzgersldn
Lady Jane Taylor"
n the rank be thai OF earls daughter. Baronetu
wives are simply LADY BrOwnlow." Lady
Tremaine, Lady verney, an honor which they
share with many gnoble persons whose husbands
have only recently been knighted and which they
must resent In addressing foreigners OF rank who
bear the title OF prince, it IL always proper
70 give the whole ute. Prince Henry;
or A an Italian prince, always gave him hls titlo
and family name, prince Bea ucacciO, Prince