davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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ask you, dear Mrs. Post why you don't live up
to your opinion expressed in one of your own
books, to the effect that interlarding American
speech with foreign words is the height of pre-
tentiousness, and therefore bad taste?
IF this is what you believe, why then don't
you head a movement to Americani@ the
aliens in our language instead of continuing to
look down your nose at those of US who must
struggle for lingual facility, which you know
only too well is beyond hope of attainment
May we ask then, in the name of that
common sense for which we SO greatly esteem
you what you advise those of US, who might
otlsspwise get passing marks in Culture, to do
about our failure to make the French pro-
nunciation grader Won't you write an article
on this subject please3"
My reply to this letter, as have already
said, has been put off because the subject is so
involved in contradictions that it is far from
easy to answer clearly and therefore
usefully.
On the one hand, it is true that all people
of good taste abhor any unnecessary dragging
of foreign words into English speech, and
therefore it would seem sensible to natwalize
all French, German, Italian and other foreign
words. which are an inseparabe part of daily
speech, by pronouncing them as though
spelled with the English alphabet.
On the other hand, any such general plan
as this would destroy all chance for passing
mark 0et alone for honors) in culture because,
excepting the color of our skin, nothing so
definitely rates the quality of our cultivation
as purity of speech - including correct pro-
nunciation of foreign words in common use.
Therefore, it is plain that any approved
movement toward the Americanization of
foreign words would have to be sponsored, not
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whatever our title may be in the native tongue
of the speaker. Why then must we consider
it necessary to speak of Monsieur, too often
distorted into monseer or mushur instead of
saying misterl
Class ii includes the words that are rated
in the whole English speaking world as
illiteracies, when mispronounCed, because
they are all composed of syllables that can be
spelled - and therefore pronounced - in
plain English. In the following examples it
will be seen that the right pronunciation is just
as easy to say as the wrong:
Masseuse (woman) is mass hers: masseur
IMAM is mass-her - emphasis is the same on
both syllables.
Bouquet is pronounced boo-kay Zoo as in
goose not bo - to rhyme with go.
Brassiere, distorted into the illiteracy of
bruzeer is inexcusable since brass yair scarcely
changes the French spelling.
Vaudeville is not vaw-dy-vil; vaude is
pronounced voad to rhyme with road;
vile as veal, meat .voad-veal. Or Ameri-
canize the second syllable - voad-vil.
Chauffeur is not showfer. but showfur;
accent both syllables equally or else slightly
on the last.
Amateur is not amachme. Say "am at
her" house and you can't help pronouncing
amateur perfectly. Or you can Americanize
this by accenting the first syllable i ''am
at her" house.
Class III are stumbling blocks:
The first syllable of garage is gar as in
garret, but rage has soft g as in sponge.
(We don't say spondge.) But | don't know
how to Americanize this second syllable ex-
cept as it might be spelled rajhe. The sound
in both syllables is as in rack.
Demi-tasse is d'me-tass - not easy, but
why not say black coffee? And why not say
underthings instead of lingerie mutilated into
longer-ay. you must say lingerie, the nearest
sound is n-jhe-ree, (''in' is like AN in
sang jhe is again soft as in sponge. But
best advice is translate it into "underthings"
Also difficult is fance (masculine) or
fiancee (feminine); both words are pro-
nounced alike. The first syllable is fee same
as the fee, doctor charges; the second has
no English equivalent. but the nearest is the
IAN" in want. The last syllable is say. But
these syllables are only approximate 1t would
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by those who can't pronounce them, but by
those who can.
But attempting to answer the question of
how far it would seem possible to Americanize
- and at the same time not distortingly vul-
garize - words of French origin, which we
say as well as hear every day, it will be
easiest, I think, to separate certain con-
Trajectory classes, and then try to give you
separate answer for each class.
In Class we will put those words which
have already been Americanized.
In Class ii, words whose pronunciation has
remained French, because there is no diff
fculty whatever in pronouncing them.
In Class III, words which are difficult to
pronounce and should therefore be either
Americanized or ostracized.
In Class Nv, proper names of foreign musi-
clans and notables or others in the news of
the day.
And now in detail: Words in Class | are
those which all people of good taste pronounce
in plain English (unless they are talking in
French). Even those rare few, who speak
French as well as the French themselves,
never pronounce valet, vallay. Menu is in
variably menyou; waiter is called waiter
and not garcon; restaurant is rest rant Qast
syllable like aunt with slightly broad a.;
boulevard is bull'-vard. Paris is never pro-
nounced Paree, or Berlin, Behr-leen except
when you are in these cities.
And certainly it is in much better taste to
call our American college Noter Dayme, than
to pronounce it in French and yet we would
land should) say Notr Damme when we
mean the cathedral in Paris What to do about
Premier is problem: Prumeer is as bad as
II seen him." But Preemeer or Prem eer is
certainly more in keeping in an English SEN
tence than the French pronunciation.
On the other hand, to hear some one speak
of Prumeer Flandin is inexcusable since the
French pronunciation prerm (to rhyme with
term, but don't pronounce the r. the yea
(yes in the Bible) prer)m yea, couldn't be
easier. Or one could perfectly well say the
French Prime Minister. 1t ought also to be
urged that we follow European custom and
translate titles into English.
No one in Europe ever addresses one of US
as MIR. or Mrs. or Miss. Invariably we are
called Monsieur, Signora or Frauein, or
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seem sensible to say betrothed -- or the man
(or girl I'm going to marry.
Class ~ is vitality important to those who
broadcast - not only because the perfect
pronunciation of proper names and the titles
of songs tells every discriminating listener all
about the social background of the one who
broadcasts but because most of us are greatly
affected by the speech we hear.
OF course it is not reasonable to expect the
majority of us to pronounce foreign words
with unconscious ease. Our country is too far
separated from other countries to bring us
into contact with the people of other nations.
Except in Washington, we can live our whole
lives through without having the conversation
at table, or wherever we happen to be. turn
even once into language other than English
meaning American" at that!
Whether anyone who is full grown can
change his natural speech and leave no tell
tale patches shining through depends,
suppose, not only upon the innate sensitive
ness of his ear but upon his luck in being given
a constant and admirable pattern. Beautiful
speech is far more accurately question of ear
than of tongue. Certain people are marvellous
mimics - meaning that they hear with per-
feet memory the voice of the one they
initiate
This brings me to subject that have
talked about many times. In fact, it is one
that was dinned into my very unwilling ears
when was a child. but that in turn have
been dining into the ears of Others ever since.
That is the advantage of teaching very little
children at least one foreign language - and
being at pains to see that they are not allowed
to distort their own.
The whole world knows of the marvellous
advantages that DR.. Walter Damrosch has
been giving to the millions of children who
belong to his music appreciation hour. He is
also giving them something else that is of as
great, if not greater early advantage" than
appreciation of music, and that is the oppor-
tunity to hear as only little children can
the true sound of foreign words. All the
younger children are learning more than they
or even their parents, perhaps - know, in
hearing. the unending subtleties of sound that
make up the names of composers and of their
works pronounced as they should be.
Copyright. 1895 by Emily Post
Evening star., 1935-06-16

H\OR a long
- time l have
y been think
ing f a
reply to this most
interesting as well
as schallengingletter
sent me by a group
of seniors at one of
our leading univer-
sities:
May we, without
risk of offending,
Evening star., 1935-06-16

aH0T Of Etiquette: TIE Blue Book Social Usage The Personality Of H05 Fl
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-31
DUCE PUTS NEW
ARMY IN AFRICA

ROME, May 81 G.N.S).-For
the announced purpose Of "guar-
anteeing the safety of Italian
colonies in Africa owing to Abys-
sinian mobilization" Premier Mus
solini today ordered the early dis
patch of another regular army
division and two divisions of
BlackShirt militia to Africa.
Many officers and noncommis-
stoned officers also were called to
the colorS and the naval class of
1918, due to be released, was held
in readiness for further activities.
These men, it was said, will be
held for navy duty in case of
emergencies.
In connection with his wide
spread military preparations in
Africa, undertaken despite League
Of Nations efforts to conciliate
the dispute, MuSsolini instituted
a new naval command in the Red
Sea under Admiral Barone.
This fleet will be able to reach
the African coast in quick time
should hostilities develop.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-31
Blame Us?'
Sings Wife In
Chicken Suit

NEW YORK, May 81 G.N.SO.
A threat to dig out" the eyes
of Mrs. Joseph Semester, wife
Of one of four brothers on
whose appeal the Supreme
Court invalidated NRA, today
resulted in release by Mrs.
Schechter of another poem.
The threat, phraSed in Yid.
dish, followed publication of a
victory poem by Mrs. Schechter
Immediately after the courts
decision. Her latest effort,
entitled ''Why Blame Us?"
follows:
Success bears enmity,
This we all know,
As our case
will clearly show.
For while we got
HandShakeS and wishes,
We also get
Curses and Kisses.
1t was the Supreme Court
That gave the decision,
So why blame us
For their diSilluSiOn?
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-31
Pays Income Tax
OF Only One Cent

MACON, Ga. G.N.S0.-A local
resident was required to pay 600
per cent more income tax than he
owed, and it appears that he
will have no legal recourse.
Making out his return, the tax
payer found that it totaled exact
ly one penny. It cost him 6 cents
for a money order for the cent
to be sent to the collector.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-31
Wife Burns Dinner,
Then Tries Suicide

UNICH, UN.sJ.-T was
frightened because I had burnt
my husbands dinner" This was
the explanation of Frau Kune-
gunde Tremel, Al, for her at
tempted suicide and the murder
of her 11-month-old child. She had
turned on all the gas jets in the
kitchen and waited for death with
her child in her arms.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-31
Jose Collins Gets
Edinburgh Divorce

EDINBURGH, May 81 O.N.S0.
Jose Collins, famous author of
1.-THE Maid of the Mountains, I"
today was granted a divorce
from Lord Robert Innis-Ker on
grounds Of her husbands In
fidelity.
Lord Innis-Ker, youngest son
Of the Duke of Roxburghe and
a prominent soldier of the Irish
Guards, did not defend the &C.
ton.
They were married in 1920.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-31
College Senior
Commits Suicide

CARLISLE, Pa, May 81 G.N.S0
LeBaron Smith, jr., senior at Dick
inson College, who completed his
final examinations Tuesday, COM
mitted suicide yesterday by inhal-
ing gas after quarreling with his
wife, Lenore.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-31
By COURTNEY RYLEY COOPER
Copyright, 1895. by International
News Service)

Copyright, 1885, by International
News Service)
TACOMA, Wash, May 81 GIN.
eJ.-Two days ago Tacoma looked
upon the kidnapping Of 9-year-old
George WeyerhaeuSer as a local
job"-perhaps spite work or that
Of a lunatic. Big gangsters never
came to this city of 100000 tucked
away on Puget Sound. A true
mobman would starve here-at
least, so Tacoma thought.
But today it faces an entirely
different set of facts. Tacoma for
more than two years has rubbed
elbows with the most desperate
criminals Of America without
knowing it.
This little city now learns it has
been national cooling off joint for
major mobsters. It has been in.
formed, for instance, that follow
ing the killing of Special Agent
w. Carter Baum. of the Federal
Bureau of Investigation during the
Dillinger battle at Little Bohemia,
Wisconsin, Baby Face" Nelson
hid out here for a time while
seeking to escape the deadly guns
Of avenging Government men.
HideOut For Bates
Likewise it hears that Albert
Bates. KIDNAPPING partner Of
George Machine Gun" Kelly, also
a temporary Tacoman during his
free days, once was a star roomer
at a highly-respectable home here
which took in gentleman resi-
dents" and that his constant
companion was a machine gun
with which he guarded the stair
way in case of police attack.
Likewise the name of notorious
killers, bank robbers, bunco and
confidence men from San Fran
cisco and Reno are mentioned
casually by the underworld to say
nothing of the identificationS
which have poured in from widely
separated points within the last
48 hours, tending to show that the
kidnapping Of young George Weyer-
haeuser was carried out by a gang
headed by Americas Public En-
envy No. l, Alvin Karpis.
Thus a quiet little city suddenly
has become heavily afflicted with
the filters.
Yet. queerly enough, 1t will be
TO the advantage Of everyone who
desires the safe return of the kid
naped son of Mr.. and Mrs. j. P.
Weyerhaeuser if the evidence
pointing to a professional job is
true.
kidnapping with such men as
Karpis, Harry Campbell and VOL
ney Davis, all three Of whom are
suspected in the case, is distinctly
a business for profit. These men
are experienced, careful, discreet,
shrewd. They know all the angles
OF the gruesome job Of body
Snatching. They cannot become
panicked by screaming newspaper
headlines of excited Identified
tionS.
Part of the Business
Such details are to be expected;
they form a part of the business
of trading stolen human flesh for
tremendous sums Of money, which,
although hot, can become much
hotter.
Therefore, their stock in trade,
namely one human being, must
be handled in such a manner as
to keep that money as cool as pos
Sible. No kidnaper, it must be
remembered, ever spends the
actual money which he receives
for his ghouliSh work.
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EDWARD DURR DIES

WINCHESTER. Va, May 81.
Edward Durr, 81, died at the
home Of his daughter, Mrs. j.
Robert Cooksey. yesterday after
four months illness. He is sur
vived by his wife, formerly Miss
Maud Scott, and one other
daughter.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-05-31
TACOMA REFUGE
FOR HUNTED
CRIMINALS

One of the cOuntry's foremost
writer's, Courtney Riley Cooper,
who has made a special study Of
the crime situation and who is
thoroughly cOnversant with the
workings Of &c Men," today
writes the third Of a series Of ar
ticles about the WeyerhaeuSer
kidnapping case for international
News Service.
La opinión., 1935-08-04
lei, PAPEL QUE
REPRESENTAN las
PIERNAS. los OJOS
Y LAS

%cualquier organo del cuerpo, u~tilizan
como vehfculo de la emocion las ore
jas, ell individuo de mayor ~talento,
utilizan los ojos, que son indomina-
bles.
La emocion a traves de la nariz,
tiene un objeto muy particular, va
que sus movimientos estan exclusi-
vamente vinculados con los problemas
del sexo y del amor.
Asegura ell doctor Street que es
muy comun Greer que los ojos son ell
espejo del alma, 10 cual es entera-
mente false. Por los ojos Sc puede
externar ell ultimo grade de la emo
cion, pero jamas la emocion primera.
I'm hombre que anna a n mujer,
jamas podra tener ninguna NANTES
tacion emotiva en- los ojos, como ge-
neralmente Sc cree; la emotividad a
traves del ojo tiene otro origen y
un ~reflejo distinto al que produce ell
amor sobre la nariz, que es su organo
de expression emotiva.
Calcula ell psic6logo que la nariz
puede manifestar hasta cerca de Glen
movimientos distintos de los grades
de emocion. Todos estos movimientos
no han podido ser clasificados hasta
ahora por la ciencia psychological, pero
Street asegura que los primeros ras-
gos d~escubiertos han sido inequivo-
cos.
La opinión., 1935-08-04
UN MEJoR ENTENDIMIENTO EN-
LA HUMANIDAD

Gracias a este sistema del conoci-
miento del coraZon humane a traves
de sus emociones, la humanidad podra
realizar grandes progresses por 10 que
respecta a un mayor entendimiento
entire los hombres.
Las guerras, los crimenes, las cri-
sis monetarias, los robos, los DISCUS
tos co~nyugales, en- fin, TODD 10 que
podrian reunir bajo Ell epiPrafe del
Nal, Sc debe no a otra cosa que a la
falta de c~onocimiento del corazon u
mano", dice ell doctor Street, y agre-
ga:
"Un hombre We en- otro hombre a
un enemigo; una mujer puede yer a
la vez a varios enemigos: a su pro-
pio esposo, a su amiga, a su padre, y
es esta la causa de las tantas mise
rias que sc %provocan en el corazon
humane, siempre con terribles conse-
cuencias para ell orden del ser y de la
sociedad".
Los problemas del odio y del amor,
del pesimismo y del optimismo, segun
ell psicologo checoesloYaco, Sc reunen
en- un solo problema: ell de las emo
clones.
A traves de la emocion, que STEM
pre- Sc manifesto, bien en- ell ~rostro,
bien en- las manos, o bien EN- las
piernas, puede conocerse ell grade de
sinceridad o insinceridad con que Sc
hace una promesa, o con que Sc re-
cibe una ~noticia, agrega ell doctor
Street.
La opinión., 1935-08-04
Ell CINE

I'm poderoso auxiliar de la psico-
iogia en- ell conocimiento de los dife-
rentes caracteres de la emotividad, Sc
gun dice Street, ha sido ell cine.
Charlie Chaplin fue ell primer actor
cinematografico que supo interpreter
la emocion, hacienda una caricatura
de 10 que en- realidad produce la emo
cion en- ell rostro del individuo. Otro
auxiliar poderoso, afirma ell psicologo,
fue ell de las secciones economicas de
los periodicos dominicales.
"Todos los textos que Sc hubiesen
impreso para tratar de comprobar la
verdad de la teoria que la emocion re-
fleja, lutheran sido insuficientes para
realizar la labor que, en- beneficio de
la c%iencia psychological, desarrollo Cha
plin con sus inimitables p~antomimas.
Para triunfar y para hacer un bien
a la ciencia, sin tener conocimiento,
quizas, de la existencia de esa Glen
cha, Chaplin Sc tomo ell trabajo de
estudiar y r~eproducir las expresiones
que experimental ell rostro con las emo
clones que recibe ell corazon humane.
"Lo mas intcresante en- ell arte de
Chaplin, que para la ciencia psicoio-
gica constituye un experiments de
gran valor, son los movimientos que
ell actor race con los ojos, los labios
y las orejas".
La opinión., 1935-08-04

de 10 que puede ser un misterio, pc
TO que en- reardad no es mas que la
falta de conocimiento de las EXPIRE
stones emotivas. Ell experiments Sc
nalado POI ell doctor Street es ell 81
guiente:
Cerrando hermeticamente la boca,
la nariz sera aprisionada ligeramente
con dos dedos de la mano derecha Y
precisamente en- los momentos en- que
los recuerdos esten entregados al ser
amado, e inmediatamente Sc sentiran
los differences grades de emocion que
esta sufriendo ell cuerpo a traves de
los reflejos que la nariz produce So
bre la mano.
Ninguna otra emoci6n, que no sea
la amorosa, podra r%eflejar sobre la
nariz, como tampoco podra reflejarse
La opinión., 1935-08-04
LAS OREJAS

Cuanto menor es ell grade de I'd
lento y de %cultura de una persona,
mayor es ell ~reflejo que la emocion
produce sobre las orejas, al grade que
entire los pueblos salvajes, los jueces
sabian 81 un criminal mentia o no.,
por los moyimientos visibles que ell
acusado, acknowledgements, tenia en-
sus o%rejas.
Ell hombre civilizado ha logrado do
minar los r~eflejos emotivos sobre las
o~rejas; y en- menor grade ha logrado
tambien dominar Ell de los labies.
Una escuela de education y del CO.
nocimiento del ser humane, ha hecho
que ell hombre mas civilizado, va sin
Premeditacion alguna, apriete los la
bios para evitar cualquier moyimiento
~reflejo de la emocion. Solamente, por
ejemplo, en- ell rudo camPesino, podra
verse reflejada la emocion en- los dr.
verses aspectos de los labios, pero
sobre TODD, en- ell labio inferior, es-
cribe ell doctor Street.
Ell ultimo grade de perfection hui
mana ha logrado contraer la expression
de las emociones a los ojos. Gel ta-
lento de un hombre puede ~ como
cido por la expression de sus ojos; es
ALI donde ha concentrate, gracias a
su ferrea voluntad, la expression de
sus emociones; y quizas no Sc ha equi-
vocado en- la election, porque Ia cien-
cha psychological, que es la ciencia del
alma, tendra que luchar todavia por
muchos amos en- los laboratories para
poder descubrir ell significado de las
expresiones del ojo, que va ha podido
descubrir y ~presentar al mundo como
una novedosa ~teoria, en- la nariz, en-
las orejas y en- los labios", termina
diciendo ell interesante estudio del
doctor Strecz.
La opinión., 1935-08-04
PARA CONOCER Ell TALENTO

Seg1n ell psicologo checoeslovaco,
no hay persona alguna que escape a
esta mimica ~involuntaria de los labios,
de las oreias y de los ojos.
Eli talento de una persona puede
ser conocido, continua diciendo ell doc
tor Street, por ell empleo que haga ell
individuo de las o%rejas, de los labios
O de los ojos. Mientras que las per-
sonas de menor capacidad mental, ca
reciendo de fuerza de dominic sobre
81 mismas. dejau obrar libremente
La opinión., 1935-08-04

la emocion amorosa sobre los labios,
los ojos o las rejas.
I'm movimiento muy com1n e. los
'monos" de las paginas comicas de
los %periodicos americanos-el movi-
miento de las orejas-aparentemente
es de mera comicidad, dice ell psico-
logo checoeslovaco. "Sin embargo,
agrega, ell dibujante no ha hecho -ino
dar al publico una leccion obietiva de
psicologia".
La opinión., 1935-08-04

UE no es exacto, como Ii
mayor parte de los hom-
az bres de ciencia 10 ha sos
tenido, que la emocion en-
~ ell individuo sea mas in
tensa a los treinta amos
que a los %veinte. y a los
veinte mas que a los diez, es 10 que
asegura ell doctor Max Street, con-
notado psicologo checoeslovsco. en- un
interesante estudio sobre las emocio-
mes del sentido amoroso tanto del
hombre como de la mujer.
Una seria classification de las diver
sas caracteristicas que presentan tan
to ell hombre como la mujer a traves
de d~iferentes edades, ha sido hecha
por ell doctor Street, quien asegura
que existe la posibilidad de un como
cimiento mas precise en- la materia,
con los nuevos %estudios que Sc llevan
a cabo.
"Un padre de familia, un esposo o
una esposa, podran saber ell grado de
cmocion de sus a~llegados", escribe ell
medico checoeslovaco, asegurando que
gracias a estos estudios sera possible
evitar delitos o crimenes de origen
pasional.
La opinión., 1935-08-04
UN EXPERIMENT.

I'm sencillo experiments puede po-
ner a cualquiera persona al a~lcance
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LEGAL NOTICES

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96l24S. motor No. 256956. will be sold
on Sept 5rd. 1888. Al 10 O'Clock a. m.
Independent Sales and Storage Co, Inc.
325-27 N. CapitOl-aY.
Indiana polls Ind
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Tor storage charges amounting TO $3.50
on Sept. 3ri, 1888, AZ 10 o'clock a. m
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81 Auto Loans
AUTO LOANS
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