The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1890-08-23

mispronounccd. 80 writes Alfred Ayres IN
the New York Times. some OF these are the
fol i S,d-li.. not a.so.u.. rbGaI been
done for this word that should be done, as
soon rs practicable. for all foreign words
that we use. IL has been fully ansllcized.
The more English we make our English the
better English it j..
Abdomen. There is no authority. except
popular usage, for accenting thd first sylla-
bic of this word.
Ad-Iom--ual. The o short. as in don.
1b-cr-crom-by. The Of this proper
name is not the " con, but the % Of come.
Infect. Not ab-jccf.
Ib-lcct-ness.
1b-iect-ly.
Ab-so-lute Not absoloot, as is often pro-
nounced boy the careless.
Ab-Soi-ll-t0-ry. The dictionaries say that
the penultimate ~ IN such words as dccla-
matory, migratory. inventory, matrimony.
dedicatOry, derOgat0ry, natatory. category,
parsimOny, piscat0ry. predatory. territory,
&c.. j. or should be pronounced like short
p: that Is. like an major, actor. factor.
&c. Is this true: The uenuitimatc ID OF
these words falls, without an exception,
under rhythmical accent. which naturally
does and should bring out. Jon uO small de-
cree. the quality ol the vowel though not
IN the a0mc degree taat il is brought out
when stlnding under a preliminary
accent. n is safe 90 assert that 30
is only those specially schOOlod to slur
this that pronounce 10 according to tine
dictionary marking. There are many that
pronounce mairiW0ny and few That pro-
nOunce inventory with the very short. or
obscure as Worcester has %; but there are
probably uOne iu This country at least that
lfI ItHTUllV o.
in the whole long list Of words n which II
occurs. 10 do sO is 90 take something from
whatever Of sonorOusncss the language
naturally has, a. an Ian uagcs are s0n0rOus
in proportion to their wealth in vowel
sounds.
Absolye. There is good authority for
sounding tine s. OF this word like but this
is hardly In accordance with the bcstusag
Absorb. Tie --spund Of in thi, word
should be carefully avoided
IL-stract-ly. Not ab-,ff0rt-lv.
Ab-sfrUss. The % Of This word has the
sound of long o1. This is the rule. I
preceded by = or the sound Of sh orol n. i'm
the same syllable, often is sounded Ike
long oO. rs IN rude. ulmor, rule, sure, issue.
A-by-d0s. Not .lo-F-dos.
Ac-a-,ic-m-ln.
Accent. When noun, the first. when "a
verb tine second. is the accented syllable.
We accent a syllable win an 0ccenf.
Acceptable. In Walkers time th Is word
was accented ON the inst syllable bv the
majority of fhn better sneakers.
Scces- Ii is more m accordance with
the hest current u-au. fn accent fEc first
rather Than the second syllable of This word.
Webster to fbe contrary Notwithstanding.
Ac.ccs-s0ry. EIseol Ui,erancc shifted
the accent from The first % the syllable.
where it Will remain.
Ac-cI-mafc. Forthe pronunciation that
accents the first syllable there is no au-
ihoritv.
t,.,.r.,. tt.ro d. ..o.h.r t-.rI in which
a. % '.'.....t ,.si,,,',
'"O ,....,, ,rl'''' 80 il, t,to
t.,'',i.. ga ',,, di.tiar,,i.s rro-
-. I'LL. ,..i ,. ,.hil. np,,i,.
.i''','Is .,', ,..'ii so
.i,o .'.''..,t,',, .,,- ,.r',,ul,,.o +,
iit.o Ion,el. N.nt r.r.on. fbi'- uronounco
Il Lro,ri,,, fl.1t al. authorities arr. AGAINST
.i.",., -'.7,'i''r h. ,,,Gtao, ,,ord treatoJ i'm
lie name. A-t0,r..fic- i. certainly moi
nleaeiu.- 40 The ear.
f,ror Nof tbe o of ro.. but the o. Of
major
G.e,,.r,on N.t .I-u.nln.
,I.,,,,i..,
tJdra.. p"I. moan, and worth .r. nov,
,.,,'',''',,i,. ,,.,.f.I on fi.e .aroud syllable.
Nfdn..c uh.n En- fb. -4ius Syllable
lon, p, f., preceded by One Of the consouants
JIl..i or fb.if f.. NOT easy to introduce
fla .olrd of ~. hence cafcle,s euoakers
ami, 70 nrornurciar dufr. doofy. tune.
t',,,,. I't. l,of. nuisance. noo.aucc. Nc.
And yrf 10 make thr 10 in these words r.
cloar and ulrc.ct as in mute. cute &c.. IL
oyor.nice. and consequently smacis Of pee
Iantrv. The ttl0 extremes should De avoid
nJ win eoual caro.
NJ+.J Nof o.Lef.t
,1...i,. o,,t ,r,,o,,,,e tine. like
NJ,no.e Donot rrnroYnc0 fhe d. like E..
Nd-iac-t'-yaI. There il abundant author
itr fof accounting the inst syllable. but it j.
a. la hoped that mo- one will be inclined 90
follow H.
lLirr.tiye-ly