Not Pronounced Correctly

YVhy should so mamr persons say spontanightity matead of Bpontaneeity ? There is some excuse for saying appricot for a-ppricot, or eck-quable oi ec-quable, or Er-rin for E-rin, or asafedity for asafetida, or Ven-zu-ee-la i'or Yen-ezu-el-a or Adon-is (short o) for Ado-nis (long o), or Dian-na for Dia-na (long a), or mattron for pattron, and so on. It is jast as easy to accent, the iast syllable as the first in 'pretense.' Some persons cali bomb 'boom' instead of 'bum,' because the spelling seems to warrant it, but when they cali tendious 'tejus' they have no such apparent warrant. In thé we.-! and south the 'i' in insólate is made long and nearly everywhere educated ns say truck-u-lent for truc-cu-lent, a-men-able for a-meen-able, lev-ver for as lee-ver, and give the sound of 'u' in nji instead of 'i' in it in auch words squirrel, stirrup and sirup. ïhere are maiiy words in which the accent is persistently misplaced by persons who know better. Jt is common to put tinaccent on the second syllable of pereinptory instead of on the first, on the flrst ad of the second syllable ofcoquetry, on the seeond in stead of the first ble of exeinplary, etc. Many perplace the accent on the flrsl in■ ond syllable of inquiry and do not give the 'i' its prop ■ccent in gladiolous should be on the second syllable, with a long 'ibut lace it on the third. The exásperating thing aboutitisthat of these persons who are so careIe8s about common words take the most pains tn learn hmv to pronounce Bou reau, and are convulsed when tbey hear anybody mispronounce Chopin and Beethoven, liecently they broke out with vawz for vase, though the weiglit of authority is against it. Knowles alone allows it. Webster authorizes only one pronunciation, the lonji; 'a' and hissing 's.' Worcester prefers the 'z' sound, but not the 'av.' The improper use of the sounds of 'a' is most serious. Those who have the courage to use the Italian or the modifled Italian 'a' often use it unlaufully, as in cawn't and rawther. The proper sounds of 'o,' particularly in God, dos,' and some other words, are widely ignored. Tlie commou usage is wrong in the case of the terminal "ine" in the names of chemicals, as morphine, chlorine, iodine, aniline, benzine, etc, all of which should be pronounced as though there "ere no final 'e.' It is morphin, not morpheen New York Adverttser.