Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-06-05

many mere with the same ending. tho
two given being also spelled BlaNton and
Buxton Generally speaking. also. names
ending in "oke" are 20 be pronounced as
II spelled "ook BROKE and Brooke, Coke
and Cook, Roke and Rock, being INSTANCES
OF variant means of conveying the same
sounds Pore, Poor. More Moore are OF
the same kind.
The endlngs. "ys'' and u.s. generally
have the simple sound OF "s' CA 'z'-ls
If the vowel We're not there at all Char
tcris, Charities and Charters are tho
same name: so are knoilys and Knowles,
Sandys and Sands. Wemys and Weems
Pepys and Pipps sometimes peeps and
peps, while "es' shows a variation be-
tween Innos and lnnis dysyliabe and
SOndes and Robartcs. where the "e' II
silent. Err is almost invariably 90 ba
sounded as II ear" Berkeley bark.y.
Derby, darby; Kerr, Kerr, car; Harvey.
harvey; HertfOrd herford; Jervls, jarvisi
Clerke, clark; Merchant, marchant. are
q few instances Of what may be hid
down as a rule with rare exceptions. IN
similar wise the ending nam" is az
most Invariably "um," and a preceding
ST. is not softencd. in England Wal.
than is waltum. Gotham. gotum; 10
than, h0tum; Beutham, bentum, aud sc
on. Another list OF eccentgicilies comes
from names beginning with st" a psr-
tial list includes ST. Aaur, seemer; II.
Legcr, sillcnger; ST. Clair s!ntler; 81.
John sinjun; Sc. Barbe, simbarb. and
many moro. AS an ending, "ough' is
'uf' I'm Cough, and "o' I'm Slough: IN tho
middle OF words II is even more iucOn-
sistent, B0ughton being bowtun; Brough-
ton either browtun or brawtun while
stoughton and Houghton are pronounced
according 10 individual TASTE as "ow."
Jaw" or 90" Donoughmore Is duun0-
more. and McDonough, macdunno. Two
curious names are Lee. Lea, Ley, Legh.
and Leigh; and Ray, Raye, Rea, Reay,
and Wrey.
''Wode" Is wood" IN chetwode era
Wodehouse, and "fote" Is foot IL
Pauncefote "Burgh" is "buro" IN jed
burgh, Edinburgh, Yerburgh (yaJ, ami
Scotch names generally, but the Scotch
~" presents more difficulties. being ~
as a rule; Dalzell is dee-ul: Menzi;s,
meen-zes, and there are one or two moro
which bear testimony TO the praciieal
identity Of the black letter ~ and ~"
A whole series OF names ending with a
double letter when are accented on tho
last syllable in America are given the
first on the stress abroad. Among these
may be mentioned Barnett, Burnett, Bur-
dett. BuzzelL. Frizeh, Meynell mennelD.
Parnell, and many more. This American
accentuation has grown up within tho
memory Of living men. Forty years ago
the English and American pronunciati0ns
were not at variance
The British accent these trisyllabio
names on the middle syllable: Achonry
(aconry). Arbuthnot tarbuthnuD. Athenry,
Bolitho (bOly-tho, with the "th' as IN
''then'O. Breadalbane (bredawlbin). Cado-
gan (caduggan), Carmichael, Carnegie,
Dumaresq (doomerrilO, Fer
managh Qermanna) Kilmorey Qdlmurry)
Montgomery (mungumry), Montresor
(montrezuD, Rathdonell, Tredegar (tredee-
gar; while these are accented on the
first Of their three syllables: Acheson
Baggallay (baggalO. Beaconsfeld (bec-
Pellingham (bellinJum-a COM
plete exception), Bolsragon borragon),
Bolingbroke (bolinbrool), Challoner, De-
vereux either deyeroo or deveroox), Du
Buisson (dewbisson). Dynevor (dinneyor),
Feversham Oavvershum), Leyeson-Gower
Qoosun-gOre), Mainwaring (mannering).
Maiendie. Molyneux (molinoox), Pennp-
Quick (pennicooD, sauferez (summery).
Thesigcr (thessIjer), and Westenra (west-
ernraY.
Occasionally entire syllables are dropped
out-and there Is no rule whatever for
IN Abergavenny (abergennyi.
Bicester Obister), Cholmondeley or Chol-
meley (chumly). Claverhouse (clayverse),
(cohoon), Drogheda (drawdah),
Charden). McGillicuddy 0rna-
and Wadegrave (wolgrave).
This is confessedly incomplete. but It will
serve 10 indicate to the unwary the ma
ture Of the difficulties attaching TO
small branch Of the Queens English"