The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1904-02-25
wAR NAMES OF THE ORIENT.
Japan's Worlds Fair Commissioner
Gives Key to Pronunciation.

Japan Worlds FaiF commissioner
Gives Key TO Pronunciation.
St. Louis. Mo-, Feb. 24-The follow
ing key to the pronunciation Of Jap
anese. Chinese and Korean geographi.
cal names was prepared by Haiime
Ota. the Japanese worlds fair commits
sloner: japanese geographical names
are pronounced by Japanese with lit.
tie accent. as a rule The vowels are
spoken broadly-"a" as an" sc" as
long "e" Il" as short "e'. 20" gener-
ally as co.. but sometimes as "aw"
end n" as 90"
There is little slurriDg of syllables;
the divisions are distinc' and as a
rule both the final letter Of a syllable
and the first letter Of the following
one retain their distinct pronuncla-
ton
This leads Americans frequently TO
suppose that another sound has been
introduced between the syllables.
Take the name Toxic" It is pro-
nounced "To.kyo"-the 90" in the
first syllable and the *" in the sec
oni being given such individual pro
nunciauon that when spoken rapidly
/. sounds to the unaecustomed ear
much like the "Toa-kyoh'
IF" is not spoken distinctly when
# begins the first syllable and Is fol
lowed by "u" as in Fukuoko This
word is pronounced "Foo-kwoo-o-kah, .
the sound being much as thought it
were "fI<woo-o-kam'
Here are some of the japanese
names most frequently met with in the
war news
rokio-To-kyo
Nagasaki-N -Nah-gah-sah-kee
/ Halloda e-Hah ko dab teh
Kagoshima -Kah go she nah,
slight accent on the last syllable.
shlmonoseki-she mon o say kee.
Fukuoko-fKwoo o lah.
sasebo-Sah say bo
HiroshimasHe ro she NAH CThe
lamlx. "shima" frequently found in
Japanese names signifies island"
Thus "sHe ro Island
Tolushima-To koo she nah, "t'
as "tow" in "towboat"
Tokaoka-Tah kah oh ka
Nanao- Nah nah oh
Tsuruga roo gah
Nngata-Nzhe zhe gah tab, the
double "i" taking the sound of "zhe-
zhe The word has a slight accent
o1 The hiri syllable.
FulSuyama-Fkyah NAH slight ac-
cent on the FIRST syllable
Sakata-Sah kah tab.
Ishikari- -Eeesh e kah rey Ca baO.
Osaka-Oh sab llah.
Kiushu-Kyu shoe, the first "u'
given its full sound.
In many respects Korean and Chi
nese names are pronounced after the
same rules as Japanese, although
many have a decided accent on the
final syllable. Among them are:
Lalu-Yah loo, river dividing Korea
and Manchuria
Chemulpo-Cee mweel po, accented
on the second syllable
Masampo-Mah sahm po, accent on
second syllable
Mokpo-Mol po, accent on first syll-
able. the tx being sounded much like
the "ch' iu The German "ach.'
Chefu-Cee foo, accent on last syll-
able. as in the following instances:
Wlju-Wee zhoo.
Yongampo-Yong ahm po, the ing
being sounded as Il is in French.
Halii-Whah eh zhee, the first two
Isyllables being practically only one
Seoul-Sool
/ Fusan-Foo sahn
Wonson-W Wohn sohn
/ songchin- sohn cheen
Chinnampo nahm po
Yang Yang-Yahng yahng.
Koseing-No seng
samchok- Sahm chalk
Chuniu-Chwang zhu "iu' signify
ing willie" as "ChungYille"
Tien 'sin-Tain shen.
Tallenwan-Tah leen wahn
Chnwangiao-Sheen wahn tau
Weihaiwei-W high way.
Kiaochau- Kwaw chaw
Pechili-Pce chee lee
The signal corps Of Blackwell held
their first target prae ice Monday ey
lnninr AMI soma OF the bows made