The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1888-02-03

hono-raphcrs comp ain th~t : .arcely
one English word in a thousand i spclt
CORE tly that is, all it, lett Is are not
soundrl precisely a. they are il the
4 phIbct- And such criticism IL perfect
~ Just, though from the fore, o habit,
we : ldom Office the faulty orthography
OF common words. But If we ElcUt
prop nII. :, Of persons or p,acEr, 'hrir
eccentric smelling is more OILS rVahic.
AMI sOmotimcs even pulling. lliyh'y
educ 'tc persons often hcstatn in pro-
nouncing 4 proper name which they see
tor tl:c first time. This remark especially
applies To some aristocratic surnlmcs, as
viii Ice seen by the INTRODUCED IN of the
sub DIN 'd, with their recognized pro
nunciatioI:-
ClGnranal must bc sounded rs If writ
ten Llanronald. Ecrby, in speaking
either OF the peer, the town, or the race,
should always be called Darby. nllwyn
Is pronounced Dillon, with the accent on
the first syllable. In Blyth the TN Is
dropped, and the word becomes Bly.
Lyvcdcn is pronounced as Iivden, aud
lepvs as Pcpis with the accent on tho
frst ~ liable. In MonSOn and POnSonby
the first o becomes short Il, and they are
called MUnson, PunSonby. In Elount
the Is silent, and the word is spoken as
Blunt Brou, ham, whether rcfcrrin. TO
the late i.luSt,iouS statesman or the
vehicle namcl after him, should not bc
pronounced "s two syllabics -Brawhlm
or j. ooh an but IL Onc-!irgO:n. Coz
qul,aun, I urh"sny, Mar 'or.hanks, and
{ hO!monlely y-:Our formidable names to
thr initiated must be cal!el Cahoon,
bukarn, NIar,hblnks an ChGn.Icv.
CAO.mclcy j also calel Chumiar.
NalnNHr!ng and M'Lcod must he pro
nounecl Mann ring and Mac!oud.
The fin,l in NOlvncuN and Naux is
sound 81, but the final in D,vcreux
and l'cs NauX is mute. In kcr the
becomes short a, AMI the word is called
har; II would he awfullv bad form 70
pron0uncn it Cur! In Wallcgravc the de
Is Gropp-d. AMI it becomes Wal.ravc,
with he accent on the first syllable.
licrk ley, whether referring to the per-
son or place, should be pronounced
!iarkl-y. HuchIn is called Bukan;
5elVcl"rE, or Hcauclark, is reauclare.
with tie accent on the first syllable and
BcauVoir as EesvOr Wenlvss is pro
nonnrrd rs Wecms and Willoughbv
y Ercscby rs WIi.owby D'Erespy: It.
John must be SInjIn as = surname or
Christian name: when applied TO n
Iovauiy or building, 1t is pronounced
S spc.t saint John. Montgomery. or
Montgomerie, is pronounced Mungum-
cry. with the accent on the second svl-
liable. In Eigln z takes the hard sound
II has IL give; in Clifford and G.fTard il
takes the soft sound as in gin-as il also
does IN Nigel. In Coaygham the 0 be-
com 5 short u, and the name is called
Cunningham. In Johnstone the is
silent. Ntrachan should be called
>trawn; Heathcote, Hethcut; and IIert-
ford. Hartford
The av is dropped in Abergavennv.
viii, h IS called Abcrgenny; and the n
III P,nrith, which is called perrith.
Ecauchlmp must be pronounced
EceCilam; Bourne, Burn; and Bourke,
Burk. Cover, IS a street, is pronounced
as II = written, but, rs surname il be-
comes Cor. Eyre Is called Air; and Du
Plat Is )u Plah. Jervis should be pro-
nounccd Jarvis; knollys rs if written
Knows; Mcnles as if written Mynjes;
and Mcnamara must he pronounced
Macnamarah, with the accent on thir,l
syllable. Sandys should be spoken as
one syllable sands; II. Clark j. also
one word-Sinclair: and It. Ie-er is
called ScllrGer. Vaughn is spoken as
one syllaOic and NileJois is
Ncal5woh. Nillier. is called Nillers
with the accent on the first syllable
Iryw.sit is called Thrift; and Tollcmache
i pronounced Tollmash, with no acc nj
on either syllable The pronunciation
oi dead Conservative Prcmicrs title j:
Bcckoas eld Eethunc should be spoken
rs Hccton, and Mines as Mills Charteris
10y those moving in what jcemes call:
the "HUup"r Suckles," is pronounced
Charters, and Glamis is called CLAIMS
Gcoghcgan is always spoken rs Gagan
AMI Ruthvcn is pronounced Riven.
1t Will be observed that most OF the
Above names are much abbreviatel | il
their pronunciation, as recognized b,
'society"-a fact which forms one of tn
many protests against the cumbrou
mature of English photography.