Show Colby's Take My Word Accents on Wrong Syllables M S Bother other Slovenly Broadcasters MISPLACED ACCENTS TS Since there are no hard and fast rules for accenting syllables In English It itis is understandable why many familiar words suffer suffer suffer suf suf- fer dislocated accents when spoken by the average person But one wonders rs why certain professional broadcasters who by virtue of their calling are expected to be as well versed in pronunciation as professional writers are in spelling sentence structure and grammar are permitted to fill their talks with amazing and slovenly mutilations mutila mutila- The pity of it is that many listeners believe Commentator Blank says TIC able actually actually actually ac ac- ac- ac heard on a network therefore that must be correct Other commentators with national national national na na- na- na audiences r repeatedly e pea t e d I Y make these blunders oh Hair rik for heroic ROE rik MID for for formidable uh mid evi eviDENTly DENT evi DENTly DENTly DENT DENT- ly for evidently i EV lee ek it for exquisite exquisite exquisite site zit kwi PLIC a able for applicable li kuh e i S bl to say nothing of the horrid horrid horrid hor hor- rid things they do to names inthe Inthe in inthe the news I am sure that such broadcasters broadcasters broadcasters broad broad- casters must get much fan mail pointing out the evils of perpetuating perpetuating perpetuating s such ch clumsy errors and thus contributing to the further corruption of American speech But apparently exposure to a microphone often results in a feeling of Infallibility that is isas isas isas as dangerous as It is downright silly From my own mail mall I know that cultured people and speech teachers all over the nation are In a state of genuine alarm over the continual spreading of depraved depraved de de- de- de prayed pronunciations by far too many broadcasters in high places They say that r radio dio must be made to realize its grave responsibility In InfluencIng influencing influencing ing the American speech pattern pattern pattern pat pat- tern for evil as well as good Some method of editing should be worked out to spare us the scrambled speech of writers writers- turned who have not yet discovered the diction diction- ary SO SOS S. S Save Our Speech S S s i j i |