The diamond drill. (Crystal Falls, Iron County, Mich.) 1887-1996, 1891-01-10

Between Three and -Four Thousand Quad
which IRE NIIspronounced.

frequently mkpronounccu. Some OF
these are thefollowing;
Ab-a-tis Not a-ba-tis. That has
been done for this word that should be
done as soon as possible for all foreign
words that we use. Ii has been fully
Anglicizcd. The more English We
make our English the better English il
is.
Abdomen. There Is no authority.
except popular usage. Tor accenting the
first SYLLABLE OF this word.
Abdominal. The 0 short. as Ia don.
A5-er-crom-by. The Of this proper
name is not the Of con, but the 0 OF
come.
object Not abjecL
Ab-iect-ncss.
AJ-ject-ly.
Absolute. Not absoloot as Il often
pronounced by the careless.
Ab-soi-u-to-ry. The Dictionaries saw
that the pcnultimate 0 Ia such words as
declamatory. migratory. inventory.
matrimony. dcdicatory. dcrogatory,
natatory. category. parsimony, pisca-
tory. PREDATORY, territory. etc, Is or
should ba pronounced like short "a; that
is. like in major. actor. factor. etc.
Is this true? The penultimatc OF
these words falls. without an exception,
under a rhythmcal accent, which
naturally does and should bring out,
in no small degree. the quality OF the
vowel. though not in the same degree
that 1t is brought out when standing
under preliminary accent. Ii Is safe
10 assert that II is only those specially
schoolcd TO slur this that pronounce
il according to the dictionary marking.
There are many that pronounce mairi-
mony and few that pronounce in
yentory with the very short or OBJ
scure rs Worcester has IL; but there are
probably none in this country at least.
that are consistent and uniformly sup
press this in the whole long list of
words in which II occurs.
Absolye. There is good authority
for sounding the of this word like :.
but this is hardly in accordance with
the best usage.
Absorb. The sound OF in this
word should be carefully avoided.
Ab-siract-ly. Not ab-strdct-ly.
Ab-StyaSe. The q of this word has
the sound Of long 90. This Is the rule.
Y preceded by or tho sound of Sh or
zh. in the same syllable. often Is sound
ed like long 90, rs in rude, rumor. rule.
sure issue.
A-by-dos. Not dJ.y-dos.
Ac-a-de- mi-an.
Accent. When a noun. the first,
when a verb. the second. Is the ac-
CO.. s7 u ltla--- We accent n syllable
wiz an accent
Acceptable. In Walkers time this
word was accented on the iirsSsxlla1Ie
by the majority OF the better speakers.
Access. Ii Is more in accordance
win the best current Of usage To ac-
cent the first rather than the second
syllable of this word Webster to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
Accessory. Ease Of utterancc has
shifted the accent from the first TO the
second syllable. where it will remain.
Ac-cii-mate. For the pronunciation
that accents the first syllable there Is
no authority.
Accrue. Here Is another word la
which the has the sound OF long 90.
Acetate. The a longas in fate.
Acoustics. All our dictionaries pro-
nounce the ou OF this word olo, while
nearly the whole English-speaking
world so far as the writer's observa-
ton goes pronounce II like long 90.
Many persons thus pronounce 1t know
ing that tho authorities are against
them. Squalor is another word treated
in like manner. Acoustics is certainly
not pleasing to the ear.
Act-or Not the of nor, but the o
of Major.
A-cu-men. Not dk-u-men.
Adaptation.
Address. Both noun and verb are
now commonly accented on the second
syllable.
Adduce. When. in the same syllable,
long is preceded by one Of the con-
sonauts d, {, I, "a. $. or N, II Is not easy
TO introduce the sound OF v, hence care
less speakers omit IL, pronouncing duty.
dooty; tune. toon; lutte. loot; nuisance,
noosance. etc. Aud vet to make the "a
in these words as clear and as perfect
as in mute cute, etc. IS oyernice and
consequently smacks OF pedanlry. The
two cxtreames should be avoided with
equal care.
Adept. Not adept.
Adhesive. Do not pronounce the
like ..
Adipose. Do not pronounce the
like 2.
Ad-jec-d-val. There Is abundant
for accenting the first sylla-
bic. but il is TO be hoped that no enc
will be inclined to follow u.
Ad-jec-tivc-ly
Ad-mi-ra-ble; admirably,
admirably. The first and not the
third Is the accented syllable
A-do-nis.
Adobe. Three syllables-ah-do-be.