Evils Of Pronunciation

Xbe .-lip-siiou way in whlch Bome people 1 alk is as dist reesing toa sensiiivi' car bs 11 la berwlldering to tlie sensee. "Dtdehïi eeema Jamea when yon witp Inton yes dayï" unan-, fpeely traaslaïëü, "DM yón ser Mis. .!ainc whetn y.iu were in town yestcnlay ?" I was ifetanJng to a readlng once, nmd c.nuwiit theee worda : "Ita shoes." Sin' is telling Bfi suiui'tliiiifi abimt a oJnld. I thanglit, bnt toqulrtng I lenmerï that the reader had lx'cn d;1clainnnir a piece abaut our country 's iyg, and the pbraae, "It'a siioes," rcad iin the oriuinal. "It'8 hncs." ■Smother lay" doea not retar to a )erkd of cxocution. It is the vcry coeimoD way ta whlch your (rlend biforme yoa tiiat he wHl sec yon ■soiiH' other !ay." I:1 yon will nol ice the conversa tioil ol any two people yon meet yon will hcar t lint sound as nnintclliizriiilc as i taken trom a forelgn UMiunc wiili wliirli you are nnfaniiliar. ■Don mcnsliun it." sonic elegant speaker aays, and you readlly promise tliat you will. A single phnaee whlch ran the giauntlel oí the Aih.iU-.-ui natlon wae played apon Uke a harp oí n tfcouanil stniiffs- "Wliy : ici-tainly." It, beoame -Wy, certialy," "Wi, sottlnlv," "Certtngly," beforp it aropped Ollt OÍ sijjllt . Educíltt'd people will tell Ihat they iirc "gola' ber-morrer," nul ik I W6 heard ti non-," and ií we hm,' not, asBur as ni betng .- 1 ..] í 1 . ' 'llu-sc are barbaraua maniHTisins 11 an ag w hrn people U-vasiaíf libertie lm order m learn the lioin of tllie anrirnls. la Frailee WOrdB are if mi ínuc-li importance ttuai an Academy te eomsultci! and Lta iliri mu eecured belpre a ni'iv (me Introduced Into th' langruage. We ISave no better example ■:' clear and corred proonnelAtlon titán tha1 oí tile ■(Ihc-.-iUmI íu!tÍ!;:it wlio vi-itu. EDe yocallzea ii few BnglisJi v,-ni-i! v.itli a iinivi niu-iral Intona!in. givlng everj ByUable its ful] valué, and promounolng hls final letlii's witli rcsíüiaiH dist incl ness, even thiOllgh he may jicver in lus min icii'4iic have scnindi'd a final letter. Bul tlial wliirli lie knows. lie loiOWB, i and 18 inneh wnriied wlien lie liears j hJs Yankee íriend talklng about ;i "stun liawn,"' in-toad iif a "stone Uarn." "Spak liltle. lint sjieak Tli.it Httte well," would !"■ a good motto f-oF tJie people wihose Bpeecb runa diiwn at the beel. And ií there woi-ds which yon are ntKl snre about refuee t employ them nntil you have learned trne ring and valué. Not 1i spoak inotlier tongue correctly is to tsave an uoelghtly a:nd danü'ermis BUb-Strncture for all future tnowledtre.