El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1897-03-22

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Several friends were sitting in Il
room last night ta'king of one thing
ID auoth + and a. last Il d SEA ssio9 was
sprung on pronOuncia On- in the Eng
IN language. AS all the parti en-
tering into the q iSclsslOn h Travelled
considerably, they Wee pr t5y W. IL up
on he prnn unriat on of the d tfereDt
words discuss d. and all. acknowledge
that in the Unite1 States and Canada
some words wer@ pronoun ed 1onr
differ mt ways, and as far as und
wa con :trntd there was 70 resrm-
blan VIII tever. in the four dtffef ent
prOnOunc ations. After manV charts,
m aIS and data on the subje t had b-en
looked over. it was decided that 81
Alta tic coat states were abO 1T tn
cente~ of population Of tt Eng sh
speaking peo4 lie, but as thee Was
difference IN tie way En- ish was
spoken in the New England TIA e5 and
the Other st It of the AT, antic coat,
the Ques ION wa, brought uONn to The
fine Oint, and 1t wa ogre a by all t. Il
V rgini4 was locat d that 1T Dug
to re a lie to ear all he different YER
-i' rs of the la1e ge. and tn p o'le
Thee 5 Ouid be bet e. = bic to speak the
En- liSe language CORE Y than any
other. 1t is well known thai in Eng
| and there l. as many We slons Ct the
Engli h language as there is in tie
| o. tied States, ami It is a so known
that nearl, all of the + glish col mics
| take 1t e American Yer. ion OF the Eng
| lish language. as e ng bet cr than that
| of England. Differ ut school p Ofes-
-Ors are different 10 their promo Iucla-
| tiOns and stuuent5 naturally t l Ow
! their teachers until they are thro n
| out on the world and come in cOnrac
with the people of different 5 ct Ons.
| TIL n they natur ally d ifG into way "f
ono lncing that is in vogue in the
section in which they live.
| Talking about pronour ciation.'
| said one Of the parties to the above
| cOnver- alton "a new graduate from
s,me of the colleges of the cOuutri
would be h rrifed TO hear English as it
| i slOken in the senate of the United
Sits. Some of the lie tding state,me Il
are those who butch + tne English
language the most. John. Sherman is
the worst of al. He knows it and he
knows het'er, but he contents himself
by saying tn 1T as long he can make
| hims If plainly understood. he does not
care whether he pronuuuCes words
right or no.. This is the case with
| many prOmine Mt writer's. They maxi
| themse We 5 PLAN to their readers. but
use the simplest words and grammar.
So the Englis speaking people have
precedents Tor not speaking their own
language correctly"
"Where did you come from" asked
Record Pa t .r5on of the crippled
negro boy who h rs be on the streets
for two weeks. Il come from ID Has.
[ 1--we de-, but de cops run me away
''Well'' said the rec rider. Il will sc d
you back TO Dallas, we've got all the
mean bows we want in town. Il I'd no,
II L 4
ed will ave to gej rid of the boy vags
.Dynamits KID" wen [ re.on
doe. | came on de fire ght ira n
from Dallas with him - All right
hen you can return to Dallas and take
the ''kId'' with you if possible. [ give
you two DAYS to ieave town AID if you
are here after that time, will have
you locked up and put on bread and
water"
Mr.. Ed F. Spooner. the bicycle race
promoter, writes to friend in this clty
the following letter from San Jose.
Cal. which explains itself:
Dear Sir:-O wing to oiscenSf Ons in
the l. y. w. aud owing to the fact that
Nor bern California will Withdraw as a
body from the League of American
Whee'men. it will be impossible to
arouse the interest suffic ienrly in this
district to promote National Circuit
meets to start the circuit. | find that
all the leading officials of the League
in this country and all the clubs and |
tracks will have nothing to do with the /
League hereafter in promoting the in |
terest of that body. and | find that the |
people of this district are not even will |
ing TO give the circuit send off as a
means of bringing before the people
their delightful climate. After two
days Of careful Investigation, | have
come to the decis on that no more work
will be dore on my part toward pro
noting the circuit meets throughout
the district west of the Mississippi
river. InciGen' ally. may say thai |
am convinced that divorce of all rae
Jog interests from the L =. W., owing
to the uusympat hetic actions of the
National Assembly, is inevitable and
must cOunt''
AROUND ABOUT.