New-York tribune., 1898-12-26
NAMES ~ THE PHILIPPINES.
A iEssON ~ THE PROM NOTATION OF SOME MADE
FAMILIAR BY THE RECENT WAR

From The Chicago Record.
The fact thar the soldiers and sailors out here are
struggling With the pronunciation OF rmnpp,"mII pmI
Interest Americans who are reading Ip on ,o our
newly acquired possessions In the fas. i'F inhrr
There hundreds of men here VINO are s,russ,'.'S
with the name "Cavite although tnea nav - Hee =,
mere several weeks prominent oraJer bn s,ick 70
Cavity. as II II were hole. ana mos. "no -,
Ca-yeet numbered by the hunlirds, u uu,r,9,
sionally man t. found who refers WIN ,bs
the place as Cavity Bat me reai WY. a,y t.
way the old settlers pronounce H. Is srrs@{idor the
win the accent on the yee bnb nlo,ed ia
island at the entrance 10 ne Pay s,Ie IN Nav is
star part In the accounts of tnt Vai,e - ~ yys.fr
another hard one good many ny dyuse ena 81 the bay
to it as that island out at me eng oi ijo.,anr
But others sail in boldly ana Gull 1t ker-rns.&s & u"i
Kor- reck- -i-ior with the "reek" sO!tened niue
bit as If You started to say "reck." but quit on
The Spanish Say Philippines as If me last Sya0Ie n
pronounced poems b"t tne fng ig;h i,S" stens
bnt with "fellies" and Maacanan, the suburb ",sle
the Govornor-General lived IN Manila souh1s @ l,he
N,laranvan f.uZon is simply LuzOn. but II doesh [
rhyme with boozin'. ngayan is pr3nounceSS nSors as
The cape is and f0r which the Admirals flee, sailed ale
when Il left china last April. Is Bowllh-oW. ,1 ihg
how Caroao ihe watTr NJ S"mn,o same %ri' wayPhat s
Car!-bow. Calao. the captured gunDoat; "nosd n
captain hadn't been n readns lng SOUNDS as If it
were spelled "Cal-yow the "Nai rhyihi"s WIZ"
Mindnao belongs 70 the same class, just az II II
had always been spelled Mndsnow anu ndsr,o are
su.U their names Negroes The great susaI
iiland is oaav the one pronouncihg 1t keeping ~
mind the simple fact that the ne Is Spoken [ a. - -
pronounce is called "Pd-nigh," with me accen, on
ihe nigh" I.eyte IL "Lay-tY ana 1"inatas -
,;imm-r-as with the accent on the END BIludu,
,n Nindanao where the gold comes from ~ very
mi,ch disguised Little would one think that III
everyday life these parts IL - eauxi 80 r.,
an with the accent the ''to' llgan hiso ~ IN
Mindanao is nlegan strongly suggesting oad hrai,n
in an Irish family JioilO il Ecl-O-cel-o. W ny
sttch 4 name was selected Is hard 70 Imagine "heh
,here are such charming names as RoselaWh. hei!i
worth bellevue and Englewood TO choose uom. -
was evidently named by a person devoid oi mas mas
nation and ingenuity, ana VINO wa I"' ~ ~
't,iSfrd bv the misfortune or suffering "a.
marines Is Camrnar-eenes. ana AlDay l. Al-puH'
the latter suggesting II request maze 10 i"""
"W,Iete and Masbate are in the same class. the
former being Malatty and the 'apl.l c,iici
Antique one OF the provinces or Panay. - csiaa t
sAnticky." and T. appropriate tnal, III thut
uaIiicular place the insurgents should play such
havoc With the gallant Castilian host OF TWO nun
Ir,l men who sailed forth 10 stay thelI ptokcos,
ReugI,f in Iuzon. Is Just plain Ben-set; ev-
1.nfiv mo friendly admonition OF "A proud iasa a
FATHER who objected To the Young man Sltuius o'
,ns front porch too late with his daughter baNdni
hang IA Bv-lm-hang. very charming name il'vei.
,s,~slus md Vasayas. the two 2reat tIloes oi 'he
Philippines are Tag-olas ana Niss-eNe-uSi o,ua,
Tn, great ,ulcarp ~ Taal, in Batanges. Is cdIei
..,nv-l" and the big lake in IuZon - Lay -soona
de Buv although II is correctly written Ldsu"'
rher. are lots of names that can't be pronounced
ami should Dee changed 10 De~eyNihe. SchitN Np"t =
"neh md SIMPSONS Rest. or other c'ty.iE ~ NAM
- the Sn,nia rdS and native. wrestle Win naiie
Ill.,. he, borough FOR while ana ths! ~ ~ pT so'I
-, ,l.ks.l uut such names for the Phiipplh"a as
t.,n,,0te and Gale De Bayambayang