Show TAKE MY WORD FOR IT By Frank Colby I PET SPEECH PEEVE I Mrs George Hagmann of San Bernardino will receive an autographed autographed autographed auto auto- graphed copy of my new handbook handbook hand hand- boo book for sending this contribution contribution contribution tion My P Pet t Peeve Is the screen and radio pronunciation me Im jit ly for the word immediately We listened to three radio programs programs programs pro pro- grams Sunday night and rid the the- top stars all put puta a jit In immediately immediately im Sm- mediately Scotch em Pan- Pan cho My scotching will have to be qualified It may be that the actors Mrs H. H Speaks of are Britons If that Is so it must be noted that me ly is the tho pr prevailing pronunciation In Eng Eng- land It has a queer sound over here but Its It's good British usage On the other hand if the actors are Americans and were portraying portraying portraying por por- American characters they are arc guilty of affectation for me ly is as incorrect In American usage as chews day for Tuesday for dictionary dictionary diction diction- ary secretary military la ula try BOR for laboratory and other such Briticisms with which we are regaled from time to time Would you like to know the key that will win end uncertainty once and for all time when you are undecided whether to use MY or ME MB In a sentence Mr Colby's leaflet C 16 gives the key To obtain a copy send in coin and a stamped stamp cd self ad dressed envelope to him In care of The Salt Lake Tribune Tele gram Home Service Bureau Salt Lake City 10 Ut Utah |