WORDS AND SOUNDS.
Sir,-I listened with much pleasure to Doctor Edgar Bainton’s excellent piano playing from 1YA, but was staggered at his pronouncing the word Opus as Oppus. That is entirely wrong, of course. Then, announcers, for Marian say Marryan instead of Mary-an, and for Ina they say Eye-na instead of Eena, for Nina they say Nyna instead of Neena. Choral they pronounce corral instead of kawral. Then so very many people emphasise the y in words like pretty, frequently, directly, so that they become prettee, etc. I fear all this must be due to ignorance which, after all the free education, is a pity.
F. H.
GIBBS
(Rotorua).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 474, 23 July 1948, Page 14
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109WORDS AND SOUNDS. New Zealand Listener, Volume 19, Issue 474, 23 July 1948, Page 14
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