PARLIAMENTARY ENGLISH
Sir,-In your issue dated October 16, the article, "Parliamentary English," by "Auditor Particular," interested me particularly. The greater part of it, I, as English born and educated, thoroughly appreciated-but desire further information on two points. In line 3 of his second column "Auditor" says, "Eligible is persistently confused with illegible, both being ‘wrongly stressed on the second syllable..." How does "Auditor" propose to stress the latter word? In the last paragraph but one, on what authority does he use the phrase "of that ilk" in such a strange way? Wyld’s English Dictionary defines "of that ilk" thus, (a) of the place or estate bearing the same name as that of the owner, Anstruther of that ilk meaning Anstruther of Anstruther. (b) used also, ignorantly, as meaning of the same class. Does "Auditor," as a critic, claim ignorance as an excuse?
H. J. W.
KNIGHTS
(Christchurch).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 41, Issue 1053, 30 October 1959, Page 11
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147PARLIAMENTARY ENGLISH New Zealand Listener, Volume 41, Issue 1053, 30 October 1959, Page 11
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