East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1914-11-12
PROAOUNCING WAR NAMES
IS A POPULAR PASTINE.
FOREIGN TOWNS ARE TONGUE
TWISTERS-SOME CAN'T
BE PRONOUNCED.
(By Carlton Ten EyckS>written for
the United Press)

(By Carlton Ten EyckS>written for
the United Press)
NEW YORK. Nov. 12.-Pronounc-
Ing war names is the newest and most
popular form OF amusement in Man
haitian these days. Some OF the jaw
breakers and tongue-twisters uncov-
cred for the first time by the Euro
pean war have been given as many
different pronounclations by the gem
eral public as a certain manufacturer
has bands Of pickles.
Therefore. an attempt has been
made. in the list which follows be-
low, to give the correct or at least
as nearly correct as possible. pro-
nounciatlon OF the names that one
sees every day or two In stories OF the
conflict raging in Europe
II should be borne in mind, how
ever. that It is utterly impossible to
indicate exactly the sonds employed
In pronouncing some OF the names
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 the German q
with the umalut mark has no equiv
alent in English To make the sound
purse the lips as though to say o but
say r instead. The combination
produces the French sounding Of U.
The French and Belgian names as
a rule accented on all syylables. To
an American they would sound as
though they were accented on the
last syllable. The Austrian words are
generally accented on the first syl-
liable.
In the list below Will be found some
words marked nasal. To get the cor
rect sound for instance, in the French
word mon (my) II Is pronounced as
though spelled mawn. the letter n,
however. not being sounded. the word
dying away with a nasal twang. IT
Is as though the end OF the word tried
TO creep out through your nose but
got stuck there. Following Is the list
OF words with the pronunciation,
given as clearly as possible:
French and Belgian.
Alsne-Ayne; Aix-la-chapelle - ex
la shappel; Alsace-Al zass; Amiens-I
Am en-: Argonnes-Ar gon: Bra
bant-le-Roi-Bra bonnie lie rwa (aI
short): Cambrai-Cam bra: Chalone
-Chal Ion, nasal; Chantilly-ShanI
tee yee: craonne-Krah on: Chateau
salins-sha to sal an (nasaD; Cha
teau Thierry-sha to tee ry; Cam
piegne-Com pc ayne; Coulomciers-
Cool NEE ay: Epernay-Ap pear
nay: Epinal-Ep nal: Ghent-I
Cham (nasal): Liege-Lee ezh: Lier-
re-Lee yere: Loire-Loo are: Lou
valn-.Loo van (nasaD; Luneville-I
Loon ay veel; Maubeuge-Mo Burzh
Or not sounded); Meaux-Mo: Meur-
the-Mert: Meuse (r silent): Mezieres
May re air: Mons-Mawngs (nasaD
Montdldler-Mang dee di ay (first
syllable); Montfaucon-Mawng 70
con (nasaD: Nantes-Nawnt: Nant-
euil-Nawng tehyee; Oise-Was;
Ourcq-Ourk: Peronne-Pear ron;
Pont-a- a-Mousson-Pon tab moos avn
(nasaD; Standardization Der veal
yay; Raon Etape-Rah on lay tap;
Rebigny-Ray veen yee; Rheims
Rance (nasaD; St Die-San dee ay;
st Menehould-San many ool: st.
ouentln-San kon tan (nasaD: Sen. |
lis-San lease: Selne-Sen: Sezanne !
Seq ann; Soissons-Swas sohn (na-
SAIL; Somme-Sum; Suippe-Sweep; !
mond: Thalcourt-l
Tee koor; Tolin-Tool: Valencien-
on see en-; Vervins-Vair van
(nasaD; vesle-Vell: vic-sur- Aisne-i
TX see ayne (French "; ville-sur
seer torb (French u:
citry teNFrancois-Vee tree la frau
swah.
Austrian.
Grodek-Grow dek: RaVarusska-l
Ray roos ka: Haliez-Hal itch;
zernoWitz-Chair no vitz, przemvsl /