Evening journal., 1914-10-19
HERE'S A LESSON
IN PRONUNCIATION
Battle Scenes in European
War Zone Twist Many
Tongues
ENGLISH CAN'T
EXPLAIN SOME
BY CARLTON TEN EYCK.

(Written for the United Press.)
NEW YORK, Oct. 10 Pronouncing
war names is the newest and most
popular form of amusement in Man
haitian these days. Some Of the
iaw-breakers and tongue-twisters
uncovered for the first time by the
European war have been given as
many different recommendations by
Z the general public as a certain manu-
facturer has brands of pickles.
Therefore, an attempt has been
made, in the list which follows be-.
low, to give the correct. or at least
as near by correct as possible. pro-
nOunciatiOn of the names that one
sees every day or two in stories OF
the conflict raging in Europe.
II should be borne in mind, howl
ever, that it is utterly impossible to
indicate exactly the sounds employed
in prOnouncing some of the name.L
Some of them you can't describe in
the English language
Here's one for which a professor
stands responsible: The French u
sound equivalent to .hc German U
with the umlaut mark has no equiv
alent in English. To make the sound
purse the lips as though to say o
but say Il instead The combination
produces the French sounding of u.
The French and Belgian names
are as a rule accented on all syl-
tables. To an American they would
sound as though they were accented
on the last syllable. The Austrian
words are generally accented on the
first syllable
In the list below will be found
some words marked nasal. To get
the correct sound for instance, in
the French word mon (my) it is pro-
nounced as though spelled mawn,
the letter n, however not being
sounded, the word dying away with
a nasal twang. Il is as though the
end Of the word tried to creep out
through your nose but got stuck
there. Following Is tho list Of
words with the pronunciation given
as clearly as possible.
French and Belgian.
Aisne-Ayne; Aix-la-chapelle-ex
la shappel; Alsace-Al zass: Amiens
Am e en-; Argonnes-Ar gOn: Bra
bant-le-Roi-Bra bonn lie rwa Ga
short); Cambrai-Cam bra; Chalons
-Chal Ion CnasaD Chantilly-Shan
tee zee; Craonne-Krah on: Chateau
Salins-Sha to sal an (nasaD; Cha
teau Thierry-Sha to tee ~; Cam
piegne-COm be aync; Cculommiers
Cool o NEE ay; Epernay-Ap pear
nay; Epinal-Ep nal; Ghent-Gham
CnasaD; Liege-Lee ezb; Lierre-
Lee yere; Loire-LOo are; Louvain-
Loo van (nasaD; Luneviile-Loon
'ay veel; Maubeuge-Mo Burzh (r not
sounded Meaux-Mo: Meurthe-
Merit; Meuse-Merze; Or SILENT Me-
zieres-May re air: Nons-Mawngs
(nasaD; Montdidier-Mawng dee di
ay first syllable): Montfaucon-
Mawng 70 con (nasaD: Nantes
Nawnt; Nanteuil-Nawng tehyee:
Oise-Was; Ourcq-Ourk; Peronne-
Pear ron; MOussoH-Pon tab
moos avn (nasaD Ramborvilliers--
Rom Der veal yay; Raon rEtape-
Rah on lay tap; Revigny-Ray veen
zee; Rheims-Ranco (nssaD st. DE
San dee ay; St. Menehould-San
many DOL; St. Quentin San kon tan
(nasaD Senlis-San lease; Seine
Sen; Sezanne-Sez ann; Scissors
Swas sohn (nasaD; SUmme-Sum;
Suippe - Sweep; Termonde - Ter
mond; Thiaucourt-Tee koor: Tohl
Tool; Valenciennes-Va on see en-:
Vervins-Vair van (nasaD: Vesle-
Veil; Vic-sur-Aisne-Vik seer ayne
(French u; Ville-sur Tourbe-Vil
seer torb (French u: Fran
cois-Vee tree lie fran swah.
Austrian.
GrOdek-Grow dek: Ravarusska-
Ray roOs ka Haliez Hal itch:
Azernowitz-Chair no vitz, Przemysl
-Pshem sci (accent first syllabie)
pisza-Tees sa; Tomaszow-T as
hon (second syllablel; Jaroslav-
Var o slaff; Dniester-Dnes ter:
Opole-Op oil la (second); Turobin-
Tur bin; Krasnostav-Kras no stan;
Wisloka-Vis lok a.
Holland.
Maastricht-Mas trick.
Balkans.
Drina-Dreen a; Save-sav a:
Visegrad. Wish grad: Saraievo- |
Sara yav o; Srebrenica-Sra bran |
It "a.
Russia.
Kielce-Kiel ca; Krasnoslav-
lkras no slaff.