Salt Lake Telegram | 1943-09-24 | Page 9 | Frank Colby's

r c cFrank Frank Colby's t r Your Words I The words GANTLET and GAUNTLET should not be confused confused con con- fused although they are pronounced pronounced pronounced pro pro- alike thus let Gantlet is from the Swedish which expresses the idea Hea of running down a narrow road or lane Running the gantlet gantlet gant- gant l let t was a form of military punishment pun pun- Ishm nt in which the victim was forced to run between two lines of ot soldiers who flogged him With their belts American Indians Indians In In- r used knives and clubs l I Gauntlet is from the Fr French nc ncI I originally designating f a mailed glove Today a gauntlet is 11 a glove that exten extends s above the toe wrist The word EPITOME should not be pronounced i EP It is a word of four syllables and ande C I the e second syllable Is accented C I Say PIT oh PIT oh mee Epitome is from a Greek word meaning to cut short It should not be used i thus ius She is the epitome of f fI I loveliness as as a woman novelist has kas It it Epitome means means an a abridgement a part which represents represents rep rep- resents the whole as This custom is an epitome e of of- ern m hospitality The g In ln the word ORGY Is pronounced like J J say AWE VR J ice Jee e. e It is from the Latin orgia nocturnal festivals in honor of Bacchus The original orgies While of a religious nature were marked Barked by wild and drunken revelry hence the modern mean mean- log ing excessive indulgence a frenzied carousal Do not confuse carousal With the word carrousel The latter jatter is French and means a tournament of cavalrymen a a. go merry Carousal is accented do on the second syllable which l rhymes with how now thus kuh kuh ROW nOW Carrousel is accented on the last syllable thus roo ka Released Eased by Bell Syndicate Inc