Show Frank Colby's Just Take My Word for tor It RECORD Noun A written account a disk for producing for phonographic 1 sound Broadcasters lay and spare us WRECK chord This pomposity is customary in British speech but when voiced by an American it has an anair anair anair air of stuffed that is distinctly annoying to the average average average aver aver- age listener Again I feel it my duty to emphasize that correct American American American Amer Amer- ican speech does docs not call for exotic speech patterns British accents unusual or other snobbish mannerisms And Andone Andone Andone one thing is indisputable the topnotch announcers and commentators com com- those those who continue in high public favor favor are are those who shun any sort of affectation affectation affectation tion and who conform to natural natural natural natu natu- ral and strictly American usage Grandiloquence and magnificent are found chiefly wi within thin the ranks of the small potatoes The traditional and correct American pronunciation of the noun record rhymes the second syllable not with horde but with herd thus thus- REK REK-erd The verb is accented on the second syllable ree-IA ree ree |