Show how sounded the boston convention opened with anad an address dressin in bythe by the president of the association colonel charles B E sprague Spra guo of new kaw york of course his address was hecei ed attentively but it cannot bo be said that ho he was speaking to people in their own language his listeners doubtless understood part of his remarks for he was app applauded landed two or three tl times mes bu but t to the majority majori ty of the people it was evident that understanding camo came only with difficulty now how did the now invention sound well there was a great predominance of the european a and I 1 or ec ce and of the long 0 in every sentence each cich ono one of these vowels seemed to outnumber all the others put together consonants were obscure is as colonel sprague spoke them and it was noticeable that the sibilant s was very frequent the letter I 1 also seemed to be a hard worked member of the alphabet from tile the prominence of these few vowels and consonants and from the obscurity of other consonants one can got an idea of bow sounds tile the pronunciation follows the french in having no accent that is colonel sprague cpr igho talked with just about the same stress on each syllable and I 1 paid lose close attention to this feature of the flow of sound after noticing it lacking accent lacks the force which is so strong a characteristic of english and it also shows sadly the need ol of the virile consonants which are the life of german perhaps nothing bettor better could bo be expected of 0 an invented tongue for the english arid and german are the result of genius and struggle of wars and disputes of orations and poems of business sharpness and philosophical contemplation they are alive is wooden and dead that Is 13 the impression made upon me ino by hearing bearing colonel spragues os ad dressin his vernacular no not his nor it was a convention of english speaking people using neither their own vernacular nor that of any other people under heaven it wa just hashed up choctaw springfield field 21 mass ass |