THE SPELLING BEE.
To the Edllor. Sin,-1 noticed at tho .spoiling hj o last evening that the Rev. Mr Stanford in pronouncing the wmd daguerreotype gave it five distinct syllables, as follows Da-guer-re-o-type. Now, I think this is incorrect, and I am justified in my opinion by several orthoepists believing the con ect pronunciation to be da guerre-o-tvpe, that is, a word of four syllables. Pet haps you will kindly give us your opinion, and oblige,—l aut, &c., 35. Dune.Un, October 1, [As the word is the name of an invention by one Daguerre, a word of two syllables, the addition of ‘‘otype” simply makes it a word of four syllables. —Ed. ‘E.S.’J
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Evening Star, Issue 3932, 1 October 1875, Page 3
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113THE SPELLING BEE. Evening Star, Issue 3932, 1 October 1875, Page 3
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