ON PRONUNCIATION
SOME COMMON FAULTS. During yesterday afternoon the judge of elocution at. tho competitions o&ered some sound advice on pronunciation. Beferrinjr to recurring blemishes lie had noticed, Mr. J. P. Monlugue said that m reciting a slip in pronunciation w«s not all-important; It was interpretation that counted and correct emphasis and correct inflection. "Turday was not "to-day"; neither was I hate she" "I ye." "Silunce was more often spoken than "silence," and "cushin was often heaid for "cushion." "Ingratichude _ was made to para for "ingratitude, witness tor ;S, and < napplo for an apple. He had heard one child say series xci shriek Tru-ust" for truest was, a common error. "Eawse was not rose. Such m nunciation was a more aficctation. So no children said "becus" for because, and "perlito" for polite, which was haidlj polite! One fairly common error in nunciation was the misuse of the> u 1 vowel, as "resooms" for n— n wheh word the vowel was u. not 00.
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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 129, 25 February 1919, Page 4
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163ON PRONUNCIATION Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 129, 25 February 1919, Page 4
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