Sir,-"Argosy" "and his friends state, categorically, that the pronunciation "Yarmuth" is purely a local dialectal pronunciation and that "Yahrmowth" is the recognised standard modern English pronunciation. In that case compilers of Webster’s dictionary, Jones’ Pronouncing dictionary, Chambers’ Gazetteer of the World and the Encyclopedic dictionary (together with "Homey") are all hopelessly ignorant, as they all agree on "Yarmuth." In all these authorities they give an alternative if used, even if only a local one. Marlborough for instance is given as "Morlborough" for the town of Wiltshire, but. "Marlborough" for instance as we pronounce it for the town of Canada and for the province of New Zealand. But there is no. alternative
given for "Yarmuth."’ —
N.Z. 10TH
GENERATION
(Umukuri).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 337, 7 December 1945, Page 25
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