Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1888-08-18
eAoNvNclAr,oN IN ENGLAND.
Proper names Disguised Beysnd Recs,
nitfon.--A Partial List.


Persons who are entirely educated
through the eye without reference to the
ear and on whom sound has no effect arc
content 10 pronounce names a. they have
been accustomed to hear them pronounced,
without taking the trouble TO observe or
even te nptice how they are spelled. So
what We call bad pronunciation OF names
by those moving In good society--that is
TO say, the educated classcs---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, "Bcch'mp" for
Bcauchamps, and so on. Nothing but
the fact that the people In Eng
land speak different dialects in dif-
fercnt counties. that they cannot
understand one another, must ac-
count for the fact that Blythe is
pronounced .Bly." Mainw.rirg ls called
really Guy Mainwaring; Mcleod Is
McCfoud. In Molyncux the 4 Is sounded;
in vaux the final < Is also sounded. but
in Devercux the final < Is not sounded;
in Dies 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 IL "Cur." Cock
burn Is called "Coburn." Cowper, the
poet Of the Sofa" and John Mlpin," 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
Barley for Berkeley. Only the Lon.
don cabmen call 1t what II Is. They say
Berkeley square," but my noblc lord
says ''Barkley square"
Tho Derby IL tho Darby. In Dillwgn
the Nv" takes the sound OF "u;" II Is pro-
nounccd Dillun. Leveden Is called lave
den, Pepys should BE- pronounced Pepis,
is called Eveelyn, with the accent on the
first syllable. In Monson the takes the
sound of u, and II Is pronounced Munson.
The same In Ponsonby, which Is always
Punsunby. Blount Is always Blunt,
Brougham II Broom, Buchan should be
pronounced Buccan. Wemys Ia always
Weems, DEresby Is always Dersby, st..
John Is "Sin Jin." as q surname or q
Christian name, but a. locality or q
building II Is pronounced as spelled--St.
John. Montgomery is Montgomery. In
Elgin the Is hard ana should bc pro.
nounced as the In give. The & In Gif.
ford Is soft, as Jifiord. They talk Of
"Jifford's History Of England, and the q
in Nigel Is also soft, a. the Forames OF
Nigel. In Conyngham the takes the sound
Of u and should be pronounced Cunning.
ham. In Johnstone the : should not be
sounded, Strachan should be pronounced
6trann, Heathcote Is called Hethcut, Hcrt-
ford Is called Hartford. Seymour Is pro;
nounced Semur, Albcrgravenny Is called
| simply Koohoon, tho accent on the last
syllable. Coutts is called Koots, Du-
chcsne is Dukarn. Eyre Is called Air,
Goner is Cor. Geoffrey IL called Jefry,
Hame Is Hume, and Knollys is Knowles,
Lehigh is Lee, Menxies Is Myngies, Mac.
nemera is pronounced Mscnemra, Sandys
is pronounced Sands, st. Clair Ia Sinkler,
Vaughan Is Worn; but st. Maur Is called
st. Msur, Villiers Is called Villers. Vile.
bois Is still pronounced like q French
name, "Vealbox," Tyrwhit Is Terret. In
all this one Is reminded Of the English
| lord who gave his card to an expressman
"Mr. Cohoon," said the expressmsn
When he looked at the card II read Col
| quhoun.
THAT Is one of them adventurcr fel
lers," said the oxpressman.
Bethune In pronounced Beeton. Dalziel
Is pronounced Decal, Charteris is called
Charters, Geoghcgan Is called Gaygen
| hutuNcu ID Culieu itiNNcu, Thuco ~ uuiiue
Filedes, Bicester is called Blister, Circncis
ter Cisester Belvoir is Bevcr, Pontrcrac,
is simply pomfret, Rokeby Is callet
Rookby.
In Burdett, Kennaird and Parnell th
last syllabble Is emphasized. In Treds
gar, Bredalbane, Clanricarde. only tn
middle syllable is emphasized. For Trs
falgar square the old Iondoner says Tn
falgar square This difference Of nomen
clature reaches also TO the very differen
names Of things, as no one in London ask
for an "apothecary shop" he asks for IN
"chemist's" II he wants dose Of medi
cine. Apothecaries existed in 6hak
spere's time, as VIC learn from Rome
and Juliet" but they are gone out
since. As soon as an American can dives
himself Of saying baggage" and learn +
say luggage" the sooner will he be un
l Taffar