New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-08-16
HOW FOREIGN NAMES ARE NATURALIZEb.
THE A, B. c OF THEIR PRONUNCIATION RULES To
BE DESERTED IN SECURING BEST RESULTS
BY Richard E"ne ~ ~ s

homonyne of the name made ulustrious by n.
hero of Atlanta Another wen known name oo,,
| stanty on the lips IS Carl Schurz but how man
| OF respond to the German rule by pronounce.
/ Il Shoortz?
| It is not asserted that all such words should -
/ Anglicized- Under certain circumstances We -.
not well do otherwise than conform 10 the tss~..
/ the country To which name belongs or try h 4.
/ So Besides, those who can pronounce tt as naiy.
] do feel proud OF the accomplishment and uaturau.
| like to show H. Many persons make a mighty =
Tort In this direction when they realize the ZACH .
/ uniform method for reduction or converso.,.
| English They find three different courses bs,,,.
/ them one is 10 stumble along as best thav -
/ without any system whatever. the result OF vh.s
Is mere patois; the next is 20 convert every sue.
word 10 English. almost impossible thing 10 do
/ the third 70 acquire sufficient number OF Cont
mental sounds and pronounce each name as they A
In its birthplace The last Is the best as a genera
practice The educated classes adopt t. In Fac.
no one considers an education complete unless i,
/ includes some linguistic requirements
| II is said that by adding about DOZEN rax
| sounds TO those he already knows any one CONVEX
SAINT with English could speak the language OF any
/ country in Europe BY all means let US learn an
I the foreign words can and speak as IL N tba
| manner born as long they retain their national
| identity The point maintained here is thar vvbs,
they settle in America. becoming permanent uart
OF the vernaeuiar, they submit 20 the chang.
which have called naturalization. The practice Ia
- 10 means confined 20 English speaking
DID tse French. for instance. pronounce the name
| of their President Macmahon a man OF Irish an
eestry and name. the Irish do Ask Il French
man Does any one in Europe utter every sound
| in KarageOrgeyitch. the name of Servia's new
king, as it IS spelled? I fear its royal owner VII
hase 10 be content with plain Peter T. excspt on
the facile lips OF his paid retainers. II Ducco a
Buoninsegna, the Italian painter. alive to-day
many would be tempted. no doubt not irreverenty
to call him Dutchy.
Everybody knows how rhe Tr5risHar 5fs.,-,s a.
family OF his own couutrymen Cholmou-
deley a striking illustration, Is brought down by
some inexphcable means TO ChumIey. and. as il
seems with entire satisfaction TO it's blue6loodsd
owners. story used to be current some years
ago TO the effect that a visitor CHANGED u meet
the Earl OF ChOlmondeley, whom he had not seen
before. and asked II the nObleman home,
accentng each syllable of the cumbersome patrO-
nymc, TO which the latter replied somewhat tartIy:
No. sir nor any OF his people His Majesty OF
England is TO the Romance nations ..Ed-u-ard
keeng." though Edward is so simple and easy 10
US But Why multiply instances OF a practice that
/ is innate and may be observed in every country?
The nationalizing process might be called the
A. B. of pronunciation 1t results IN three vsrv
desirable qualities-brevity. CELEBRITY and eupbo,v
| Others may differ from to what constitutes
the euphony 1t is hard to nix upon an absolute
his vocal organs and what takes the Least TINE N
utter The Celtic name OF the late silver t0ngued
moner Callaghan and Gallagher lose the "gh' as
a rule and get rid OF harsh cultural the same
, time, as night and fought have done from time
\ immemOriaL Here again we see JhaJ when eye.
tiers the universal tendency is 10 give like sound
to a similar grogP' or one nearly SO. II would es
/ as Beauchamp TO BeaCham FitzJOhn to Film.
/ Probably they are too much for the masses who.
/ after all, not experts in Hngual gymnastics.
more Of the qualities mentioned is unmistaka5iy
apparent 1t might perhaps be objected fairly that
dish. StanhOpe 10 Stanup. Magdalen TO Maudlin.
DaIrympIe to DrumpIe. also English custom. mora
is lost than gained that personal identity is sac
rihced or endangered and that the effect is SLOW
Be this a it may. the popular belief is that BY
Urquhart. Chism for Chisholm. Mannering instead
| of Iainwaring. HueI for Wheweu and March
| banks for Marjoribanks. they make easy what is
difficult, shorten what is tedious and ut sweet
| now as American as formerly they were English
Welsh. irish or French, and though we are said
language culture. and actually do in cases.
Calder. TerwiIIiger to TwiIIigsT. Abraham 70
Abram and twist COrtelyOu into KOr-tei-O. vet.
considering instinct for short and pleasant
paths the restraint we exercise in this respect IS
remarkable 1t may be added that several other
English escape the thousands of harsh, clogging.
are victims If our language were to be made over
again tomorrow have not a doubt that what :
have so briefly described as the A. = OF pro-
n9nciation would be made its basis II
Nationalizing is an indispensable process IN tais
and perpetuate. and cosmopolitan elements TO draw
4
the owner or his own name u IS a birthrlght
heritage, like his nationality. But every does
not continue 10 possess what derived az olrtn-
The whole or part is often surrendered at VIII, Il
may be lost through cause over which he has no
control However il is not the thing possessed, buL
the use made OF It. that concerns That Is nearly
always determined by others. Society hxeS MS sta
ton, regulates his conduct and makes laws he must
i OBEY Now, shall not society decide how MS name
/ must be pronounced? Materially he owns the dress
i he wears. but society dictates the pattern ne
might be clad IN yellow red. but is he? Wnas
deterS him? The good sense of the community.
so with his name: though his IN fact its exterior
i character is fashioned BY surroundings ms.
which is true in his land. is dOubiy so IN an
other at whose door he knocks for admission 20
citizenship Does he not alter his customs -
tics, 10 suit the soil OF his adOpuOne shan ~
ADAPT himself in everything else and remain St
cOnformist IN regard TO its spoken languase
/ ne learns 10 write in the tongue ana ao'@S
/ by its grammar may he exempt the nam -
brings with him from its modifying innlsncg5 -
me II IS as Illogical TO enforce the Original -
nunctatton as IL would be talk in Russian OF 5s
right most OF wrong How seldom ne ultG s
his own name, how often Apply Ihls - -
PRESIDENT OF the United States and you nave sL
problem before you The arguments OF lal..ilfs
pFide, reVered memories and racial ties are pLaSS
pie put irrelevant They apply az the uIS 49,
ne voluntarily 1OFSWearS allegiance 70 the orc
try The mutations IN his name are Wroys-C $50. -
not prevent them The sensible thing % 90 Is -
recognize this, accept the inevitable ana thSa ~
serve how much his ready acQuesCence helpS ~ -
prove our daily speech and thereby the WeiiAI7 v
q the nation.