The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1890-09-18
WORDS m COMMON USE
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nounced. Some OF these are as follows
Ab-a-tis. Not a-bd-tis. That has been
done for this word that should be done
as soon as possible for all foreign words
that we use. 1t has been fully Angli-
cized. The more English we make our
English the better English it is.
Abdomen. There is no authority, ex-
cept popular usage, for accenting the first
syllable Of this word.
Abdominal. The short, asin don.
Ab-er-crom-by. The Of this proper
name is not the Of con, but the o Of
come.
Ab-iect. Not ab.jsct.
Ab-ject-ness.
Ab-iect-ly.
absolute. Not absoloot, as Is often
pronounced by the careless.
Ab-sOl-u-to-ry. The dictionaries say
that the penultimate in such words as
declamatory, migratory, inventory, mat
rimony, dedicatory, derogatory, natatory,
category, parsimony, piscatory, preia-
tory, territory, etc., Is or should be pro-
nounced like short Il; that is, like in
major, actor, factor, etc. Is this true?
The penultimate Of these words falls,
without an exception, under a rhythmi-
cal accent, which naturally does and
should bring out, in no small degree, the
quality Of the vowel, though not in the
same degree that it is brought out when
standing under a preliminary accent. It
is safe TO assert that 1t is only those
specially schooled to slur this that pro-
nounce it according to the dictionary
marking. There are many that pro-
nounce matrimony and a few that pro-
nounce inventory with the very short,
or obscure as Worcester has it; but there
are probably none, in this country, at
least, that are consistent and uniformly
suppress this in the whole long list Of
words in which it occurs. To do 30 is
to take something from whatever Of
sonorousness the language naturally has,
as all languages are sonorous in proper
ton to their wealth in vowel sounds.
Absolve. There is good authority for
sounding the Of this word like :, but
this ia hardly in accordance with the
best usage.
Absorb. The s-sound Of in this word
should carefully be avoided.
Ab-stract-ly. Not ab-stract-ly,
Ab-struse. The u Of this word has the
sound Of long 90. This is the rule. U
preceded by or the sound Of sk or sh,
in the same SYLLABLE. often is sounded
like long 90, as in rude, rumor, rule,
sure, issue.
A-bv-dos. Not Ab-y.dos.
Ac-a-de-mi-an.
Accent. When n noun, the first when
a verb, the second, ia the accented sylla-
BILE. We accent a SYLLABLE with an ac-
cent,
Accountable. In Walkers time this
word was accented on the first SYLLABLE
by the majority of the better speakers.
Access. IL ia more in accordance with
the best current usuage to accent the first
rather than the second SYLLABLE Of this
word, Webster to the contrary notwith.
standing.
Accessory. Ease Of utterapce has
shifted the accent from the first to the
second sylIable. WHARF Il will remain.
Ac-eli-mate, For the pronunciation
that accents the first SYLLABLE there is no
authority.
Accrue. Here is another word in
which the has the sound of long 90.
Acetate. The a long as in fate.
Acoustics. All ouT Dictionaries pro-
uounce the on of this word or. while
nearly the whole Enplisb.sueakin0
world so far M the wr;tey's Observation
goes pronounce Il like long 90. MANY
nersons thus propounce Il knowing thai
the authorities are aoainst them
Sopalor Ia anotbey word treated In Hka
manner. A.Eor,-ties ia certainly not
pleasing IN the ear
Actor. Not the n Of nor Int the n
Of Major.
A.cu.men. Not oku.men.
Adaptation.
Address. Both noun and verb are
now commonly accented on the second