Bisbee daily review., 1910-12-28

other evening you aid indicative for indicative"
 And was rigi1t forty times right"
 "you are not with the dictionaries"
 .swhose dictionaries? Because half n dozen old bumps on logs get together and decide that certain words shah be pronounced according to their deas must be bound by theml By the eter- nal. nor'
 ~weIi. you can have a dGtisassy of your own if you wish" Rowssr's Own pietiossry.
 And l have got one. Mrs. Bowser- It's the Bowser dictionary. It pro nounces words as they are spelled Cow means COW every time"
 How do you get along whh pl-e-g-h-mT
 Tt is spelled f-l-e-m and is SC pro nounced. It is the same with e-a-s-ar- You can pronounce your words as yeu think best, but don't try to cram your way down my throat It is simply ina pudence for you to try it."
 Shall you publish your dictionary and seek to have 1t introduced into i schools?'' asked Mrs. Bowser after | long silence, during which Mir. Bowser dropped the cat to the floor and gave | her hoist with his foot | Certainly. There has long been ! demand for such work. and V ts growing every day. See what nonsense. In the good old days we spelled 1t l w-a-g-g-o-n, and 1t was so pronouneed. ] Now they have knocked out one E, and what Is it but wagon? Why not knock a g out of buggyD i rHow do you treat the word 'valetT Do you make it rhyme with mailetT
 .-Of course I do. If valet is valley, then maliet is mailey. If the born fools want to give a twist to their | words. as if they were being twisted out with a corkscrew, let them go ahead. We have street in town named Montague. Why should any one call it Mon-ta-gew? When we sneak of the plague we don't pronounce 1t pla-gew. do we? Ii is Montague or it's nothing. When I got out of bod the other morning I mentioned to you that felt leth-ar-gic. I saw you grin ming to yourself" -
 Il have always heard it called 4sth argic," she quietly replied.
 And you may for a year or two tG come, but there's q new deal on hand I was in hopes when this discussion came up that l might get few point CTS from you, but 1t is needless fo say that l have been bitterly dhsap, pointed. I suppose if should say that a certain person was cor-pulent you'd find fault with tine wordT'
 He Quits Home.
 .I have always heard it pronounced corpulent-"
 ..well, go on hearing. My own fire ! side is not for me. If ] come hem' | and sit down for cheerful evening
 you must always bob up with some
 thing to spoil it. l am going out I may come home inebrinted and n mood to brook no insults"
 sIf you remain we can talk of sen l. thing else, can't we:" she asked.
 haven't insulted you, and l haven
 said an unkind word l know ths } there is the word cough and the wor e coffee, and if you want me to put a
 e on cough I'll do it."
 "Too late. woman-too lateT' he sa as he waved hand at her and d.
 parted for the family drug store. Tt u druggist had ten minutes to spar'
 and he listened patiently to Mir. Bow + ser's dictionary scheme and the rad
 cal changes proposed. When the stor !. had been told he quietly said:
 "There is one word I hope you won - think of changing. If you do l shal [ not know how to think of you It's ! little word of, three letters. but
 means much. You are 1t and 1t l
 you
 It was three days before MT. Bow l ser caught on. Then he went over an g dared tho druggist outdoors. but
 was foo late. The price of squilis ha 1gain advanced.