Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1897-02-08

repeat the sound it appears an affec-
alton, and if not the word becomes as
un-Spanish as possible.
G is like our 6 in glory before all let
tiers except Q and i, when it becomes
strongly aspirated, showing a Tutonic
influence in the formation of the Ian
guage. AS an example, we have Ger
onimo (Hay-ron-ee-mo). LII (all-yay)
is Just as truly q single letter as !, and
so recognized in the Spanish alphabet,
along with the variation of n, which
they call (ain-yay). The II is pro-
nounced like and Y, except at the be-
ginning Of words, when it more like
V alone. AS examples, take llama,
| (yam-ah). the camel sheep of the An
des: cavallero (cav-all-yai-ro), gen.
tleman. The ainyay we see in the COM
mon word nino (boy) and in sonora.
] (the hotah) is like the g aspirate, on
| " more so. It is almost identical with
the German ch-again hunting leu
tonic survival. A pertinent example
of this is in the baptismal name Ale
jandro, quoted above.
Remembering that every letter has fair
chance, we call the Spanish General Wey-
Ter. Way-ee-lair. We say rey Oay-ee) for
Ling.
The sounds OF certain letters seem to be
modified by climate and race customs, as
in many languages. How interesting Is
the evolution of the speech of given peo-
pie. The lisp of the Madrid is nearly lost
in many parts of New Spain Cuba her.
self in spite of her grievances and her an
tipathies, retains more than most coun-
tries. and contends that hers is the true
Caetilian. For the matter of that the same
claims are set up by every South Amerl-
can republic. You may ask an Ecuadorlan
where the purest Castilan IS spoken and
he promptly names his own corner of the
earth. wedged in between the SUBMITS OF
the Cordillera (Cor-deell-yai-rah) of the
Andes. A far-off Gillian again asserts
that nowhere is the Spanish language pet
ter pronounced than in the mouth OF ms
compatriots While a Cuban or Medril-
leno (Math-reel yai-oh) will say, when he
speaks Of the Cuban leader about whose
fate so many contradictory stories have
been put afloat Math-ai-oh, most of the
Spanish-American peoples will call him
Mass-say-oh. pure and simple.
Indeed. the tendency everywhere seems
to be TO simplify not alone the spelling OF
the language but its pronunciation as we'll
many Spaniards themselves talking now
adays without the lisp which used to be
an inevitable part Of their speech.
The accent on most proper names of
more than two sy,lables-and often of
only two-is on the penult. The eXcep-
tons are in names of foreign extraction.
Oh is always soft, as we see in the word
trocha. so commonly used at the present
moment. in connection with the cuban
war. (Tro-cha, a military hghroad)
A Spanish-born son takes the names or
both parents-that is in families Of any
consequence. Instead of the English
hyphen used to designate two surnames
the (and). pronounced ee. is employed
to ioin them. In this way different
branches of a family are at once recog-
nized-by the material sufilx. In certain
South American city of numerous family
of Garcias (Gar-see-as), one branch of
which. containing several lawyers and
politicians of prominence is known as the
Garcia Y Garcias. both parents in this case
having been Garcias. This is one Of the
commonest of Spanish names, and there
fore instanced. Delgado, name suffi-
GENTLY known everywhere just now, is an
other of the common patronymics.
A Spanish married woman, when she
conforms simply to the custom of her own
people. ignoring the etiquette of the rest
of the polite world, has her visiting cards
engraved with her own baptismal name
innocent of any title whatever followed
by de (day) and the name she acquired
through marriage. For instance, Carolina
Maceo de Weyler-supposing such an ex-
traordnary conjunction of circumstances
as the union of these two names.
The sounds of b and are very nearly
indistinguishable This constitutes one OF
the few stumbling blocks of Spanish chill
dren in their spelling. They are as likely
as not to spell a word beginning with b
and av as in the other way.
Some of the names Of people and places
seen in the current news dispatches are as
follows:
Ruis Rivera-Roo-ces Ree-vai-rah.
Ahumada-Ah-oo-math
MISUNDERSTANDING -bass-tho-ah.
Maxine Gomez-Macks-ee- Go-meth.
Obegon-O-bay-gone
das-Cab-ai-sath-ts.
Segura-Say-go o-rah.
Pinar del Rio-Peenar dali Ree-oh (Pine
grove by the river.
Consolation del Sur-Con-so-lah-see-o
dale Sur (meaning the consolation OF the
SOUTH.
San Cristobal-San Crees-tow-bal.
Melguza-M ail-gee-thah.
Fernandez Hernandez, and similar
names. have the accent. as suggested, on
the second syllable.
Nicaragua should be Neek-ah-rah-whah