The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1898-03-13
A FRENCH LINGUISTS ART
EASY DIRECTIONS FOR MzsrEp,v.
ENGLISH CONFIRMATION

dorf In the Ruck nnd 1mpeln tho F,,u-,
Reader 60 Fake His Head in ni. u.,..
ana Ask. ''Ountre au'o nj att. Anneya,,rr
There 10 really no reason on earth VIII, d.
Frenchman should not acquire all the EnsIN.,
necessary for the ordinary affairs Of life v,,s
the greatest oase. The advance sheets OF " W.
Not Cycle Abroad YOURSELF quote a scbo,.,i.,
Partisan. master of his own Language
English and OF tho comparative anatom, - !.
the two. who has, 30 to speak, left Ollsnao..
completely in tho ruok by a work recently ,s,r..
for the instruction of his fellow coun,rrn.-
In their dealings with Americans or Brj,o..
This book OF instruction has q circulation ia
the French quarter of this city, where I, 4,
regarded as authoritative.
Tho author OF this volume uses tho ds,a,-
parallel with all tho grace and freedom ch.r.s
teristic OF tho idiot handling the didn'tknov,,
was.loaded gun. In this case, however. tho -.
suits are unlikely to prove fatal, as he concorr,
himself with simple matters in tho main. NJ.
instance, here is his prescription for obtaining.
morning beverage. First comes the convor,s'
tional French, then the alleged translation int
English, and, finally, the French pronunclot,nn
of the English. This last brings out ali ths
phonetic boa uties Of both languages. II sboplt
DO remombered that the directions are ~perfec.l1
serious. and contain no trace Of POPULARITY =,
satire. The learner In English first reads ~
FRENCH. on tho left Of the triple parallel column
Que desire, monsieur. io mstln, the cafe .u l.,
yeY: m'sppors'rou 10 cafe au l., sou. lie. m...n.A
C'est entendu, monsieur.
Turning his eyes one column 70 the right IN.
instructed one comes upon the English, Wv
What do you take in the morning, sir; Tea ooa..
with mike. or ohocolate7
Bring mo ooffce with milk every morning I. a
Very well. sir.
Which is to DO pronounced after the following
simple method. q Gallo tongue being. suppo,.
bly,, a prerequisite:
ouAtc don rs take inc se morninnque seur, q, com
ouise niilke or tchoholtee.
etc o'clock:
Very ouel. seur.
Having mastered this. and thus enabled him.
tho beginner sallies forth into the street ana
proceeds to mako what 10 hero described In
triH,,oate as "pne oonnaissance" an scquo.
how 1t is done In Paris.
Monsieur est Granger? oui. monsieur, 10 sui,
Anglais.
J'en suis charme car 10 items tous les Anglia, q,
C'est la premiere fois que vous veneE 4 PARISH
And this Is how 1t is done in London:
Arc you a foreigner Yes. sir, am English.
am so pleased. because I hold all English peop,,
in high esteem.
THANK you In their name.
Is IL the nrBt time you como to PARISH
ouD utTO D WIG WAY IL 81 iona n mr. h0
the linguistic Parisian:
Are you q forineur. seur7 Yes. seuer, ny ~inegllshe.
Az anne SO plisde. bicause az holdo oil inesiiIhs
pepule Inc al estime.
Az aaunekiou inc sieur meme.
Isitc re feurste taime you come to PARISH
By this time. II the acquaintance has not
else. duly provided for in this valuable book"
clothing. for instance, In Fronoh ono sets about
purchasing new clothes after tho manner sal
forth below in II
MAaAs1N DE CORRECTIONS.
BonJour. monsieur. quo d6sirezvous7
Je voudrais avoir uno veatr. au pantalon ct un Glst
Nous avons precis .ment un grand chol1 en- CO mo-
ment.
Toner. voici quelque chose de tres bon ct pa, char.
Combien celia vaut.ilp
1t Is quite different in
THE READY oLorHING HOUSE.
Good morning. cir; what do you deslre2
l want a west, trousers and waistcoat in rood
material.
Hers IL something very good and not dear.
How much ia that WORTH
All of this is pronounced as follows:
re REDy o~Loz1NNGUE HOUSE.
Cloud montague sour QUITE dou you di,arre7
goude mat6riale.
oai have djeuste mao s large sslecheune.
Hero lac somcsstnngue veri goude annde note dire.
Haouw mcutchc ise sate oueurste?
Perhaps the most beautiful example OF tho
linguistic art given in the book is that which re.
llsh Is The Correspondcnce." and should b
pronounced 10 Correspondence"
Donnez moi du papiere a lettre. des envelopes,
une PLUMB. I'm porto. plume.
de i'encre, un crayon,
une carte postale dc dix centimes.
un tinbre de trois sous.
un tinibre dc vingt cinq confines,
de la cire q ~cacheter. un cachet pour uue ,cttro
charafe.
This time we have British and not American
English:
Give mo some letter paper. some envelopes.
u pen, a pen handle,
ink. pencil.
a post card of one penny. for tho city post,
three half penny stamp,
a two penny half penny stamp.
scaling wax,
q seal for a registered letter.
How would IL be possible to go wrong 0deA
these explicit phonetic directions before usi
Guive me some letteur papeu-. some envelops,
& pene, 8 pene ha nedeule.
innke. peneciie.
e poste carde owe oueune pGni for rs citi post.
Q ri hafe peni stamp. s tou p6ni hafe p6ni stamp.
BilinnRue QUAKE.
q sils for regtsteurde litteur.
These are only fragmentary specimens Of 0
volume OF considerable size and vast scope. For
an English-speakipR reader almost any section
in the book Is replcte with now light on his Ian.
Ruage calculated to cause him to take his head
between his hands and ask himself: