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PRONUNCIATION IN ENGLAND.
Proper Names Disguised Beyond EecoS.
uition-A Partial List

uition-A Partial List
Persons who are entirely educated
through the eve without reference TO the
ear and Oh 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 &C.
count for the fact that Blythe is
pronounced bly," Mainwaring is called
''Mannering," SO Guy Mannering IS
really Guy Mainwaring; Mcleod" Is
McCloud- II Molyneux the X is sounded;
in Vaux the final is also sounded, but
in Deyereu1 the final X is not sounded;
in Des Eaux the final Is dropped In
Meux the takes the sound of News.
ker is pronounced "hax,' and Is would
be very bad style to call It Cur" Cock
burn is called "Coburn." Cowper. the
poet of the Sofa" and John GlPin, 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
s'Barkley" for Berkeley. Only the Lon
don cabmen call it what it is. They say
Berkeley square" but my noble lord
says ''Barkley square"
Tie Derby is the Darby. In Dillwgn
the Wv" takes the sound Of '+u;' it is pro-
nouuced DilIun. Leveden is called Live
den Pepys should be pronounced Pepis,
the accent on the first syllable. Evelyn
Is called Eveelyn, 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,
Bruugham is Broom, Buchan should be
pronounced Buccan. Nemys Is always
Weems, D'Eresby is always Dersby, st.
John is Sin Jin," as a surname or q
Christian name, but as a locality or g
building It Is pronounced as speIled-St.
John. Montgomery is Montgomery. In
Elgin the is hard and should be pro
nollnced as the g in give. The s in Gift
ford is soft, Is Jifford. They talk Of
''Jifford's History of England" and the G
In Nigel is also soft, as the torameS OF
Nigel In Conyngham the o takes the sound
Of u and should be pronounced Cunning
ham In tombstone the should not be
sounded, Strachan should be pronounced
Strann, Heathcote is called Hethcut, Hert-
ford is called Hartford. Seymour is pro-
lOunced Semur, Albergravenny is called
Aberceuny Bourne is Burn, Colquhoun IS
simply hoohOon, the accent on the last
SYLLABLE Coutts is called Roots, Du-
chesne is Dul-arn, Eyre is called Air,
Goner is Cor Godfrey is called Jerry,
Hame is Hume, and knollys is Knowles,
Lehigh is Lee, Menzies is Myngies, Mac
nemera is pronounced Macnenra, SandyS
IS pronounced Sands. ST. Clair is Sinkler,
Vaughan is Worm; but ST Maur is called
ST. Maur, Filliers is called Fillers, Vile
bois is still pronounced like French
name, '|Vealbox." Tyrwhit is Tierrct In
al this one is reminded Of the English
lord who gave his card to an expressman.
Mr.. Cohoon" said the eXpressman-
When he looked at the card it read Col
quhoun.
That is one Of them adventurer fel-
lers," said the expressman-
-. Bethune is prsnounced Beeton, Dalziel
Is pronounced Decal. Charteris 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
Rocky.
In BUrdett, Kennaird and Parnell the
last syllable is emphasized. In Trede-
gar. Bredalbane, Clanricarde, only tho
middle syllable is emphasized. For Ira
falgar square the old Londoner says Ire
falgar square. This difference Of nornen-
clature reaches also TO the very different
names Of things. as no one in London asks
fer an "apothecary shop" he asks for tho
chemist 5" if he wants dose Of medi-
cine. Apothecaries existed in Shak-
speros time. IS we learn from Romeo
and Juliet" but they are gone out
since. As soon as Gn american can divest
himself of saying baggage and learn to
say luggage" the sooner viii be be IN
derstood-AIrs. FL E w. Sherwood 3
Letter.