The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1913-01-30
COMMENT
Butcherfng the Language.

Are either and neither pronounced "eether''
and 'neether'' or "eyether' and "neyther? '
This question, much disputed, is answered in
favor of "eether'' and "neether" by Julian w.
Alternately in a useful little book entitled Cor
rect Pronunciation" and published by Charles
e. Merrill of New York Not single modern
dictionary gives "eyether" the preference, says
the little book and goes to quote Richard
Grant White, who says "eyether' is an affecta-
ton and a second rate British affectation at
that. Which shopld hold the "eyether" advo-
Gates a while.
And about the word vase. It's pro-
nounced 'vace." whether it comes from the ten
cent store or Tifanys. ''Vaze" is wrong says
the book. and 'vawz'' is vulgar. Another tally
for old fashioned folks.
Perhaps you've been confused by hearing
ward that they meant the noun rise Well,
they were wrong too. A straw vote of the best
modern dictionaries hands the preference to
"rize" as the proper pronunciation.
Another word that is frequently mispro-
nounced is depot 1t should be "deepo," not
"deppo' "daypo."
Our old friend. Jean Vatican of course, is
properly "zahn valzhan" and the great State of
Kansas is pronounced as though the first were
T. The folks who Insist on making it soft are
all to the bad, :.
j. Pierpont Morgan is a "fnnanseer," not a
"fynanseer"
The Renaissance is pronounced "renesans."
accent on the last syllable, not Renaysans and
Salome gets her last syllable pronounced
Poets are filled with the divine "afflytus,"
not the divine "afflaatus.'
cent on the second syllable all serious mind
ed students of Gilbert and Sullivan know. and
never the mickadoo.
Gibberish is pronounced with hard e and
not .jibbersh," and the word faccid is "fiaksid."
not "fasd"
Amateur is "amaturr," not .ainatoor" or
The Antipodes-Australia, you know-are
pronounced "antpideez"
When the wind soughs through the branches
1t "sows'; never suffs'
4 faucet is "fawset." not "fasset"
npfxr rrtxm
contains 5000 words which commonly mis-
pronounced and 500 proper names. which are
frequently improperly spoken. A little study
OF 1t will enable you to bawl out almost any Of
your friends frequently, besides tending to i'm
prove your own vocabulary.
Careless and slipshod enuncation among
presumably cultured people," the author SAYS
Is probably more common in the United States
than in any other country In the world 4
Frenchman is proud of his speech and treats II
as fine art. while an American regards his
speech with indifference or contempt"
Probably he is right. as he is a Phi D and
the author of a book American literature
AT any rate, study of his little book is likely
Star. 0'''
Governor Wilson'S Fight in New JERSEY.
A desperate fight is in New Jersey to pre-
vent the passage of the trust legislation pro-
posed by Governor Wilson and the worst Of II
Is according to staff correspondent of the
succeed
The game, Of course, is first OF all to delay
action until Governor Wilson is compelled TO
leave Trenton for Washington. To this end a
series or hearings in various parts of the State
an appeal to the people," is proposed with
the expectation that the lawyers who would
appear before the legislative committee would
pe able 70 take up the rest of the time between
now and March 4th with talk, more or less re-
ieFant 10 the question in hand.
This move gains favor because the puh1ie Ia
ing warned that the passage of the Wilson
piiis may drive numbers of trusts to leave New
Jersey and find domcile elsewhere and the
trusts pay something like $2.600,000 into the
New Jersey treasury every year
Inc great danger of delay lies in the fact tint
II requires eleven votes to pass any measure
through the New Jersey legislature and when
senator Field, who is now president OF the
senate, succeeds Mr.. Wilson as governor the
Democrats Will be left with not vote to snare
Inc situation is one to afford the country a
rare exhibition of Mr.. Wilson's strength and
diplomacy, and 1t will be anxiously watched far
ana wide 1t was unfortunate, of course that
Mr. wilson could not have retired from rho
New Jersey governcrshap long ago sufra t}re MN
Nc Wall understand new that IT is MT mere senfi-
ment which is keeping him in harness until
the very moment of his Inauguration as presi-
oent-Charleston News and Courier