Show I TAKE MY WORD FOR IT IT- IT By Frank Colby WORDS TO WATCH ATO One of oJ the queerest mispronunciations nunc I have ever heard recently on a Town Meeting broadcast The error was made by the noted writer Henry Hazlitt who said not once but several times dy OG sis for the word diagnosis This error is noteworthy for two reasons reasons rea rea- reasons rea- rea sons 1 Mr Hazlitt is an unusually unusually unusually un un- un- un usually well educated man 2 diagnosis is a word that is Inthe inthe in inthe the vocabulary of every literate person and the correct pronunciation pronunciation elation has always been DY-ag- DY How is it possible that such a man has lived 54 51 years the greater par part of which has been dev devoted ted to using words professionally pro pro- without knowing that OG nuh simply doesn't exist in the English language It all aU goes to emphasize what I have said more than once Most of ot us have in our vocabularies afew afew a afew few words that we not only mispronounce mispronounce mispronounce mis mis- pronounce but which we often misuse and misspell as well If this article happens to cometo come cometo cometo to Mr Hazlitt's attention I hope he will not feel bad about dy OG nuh siss for he his hs much illustrious company i In the mispronunciation mispronunciation mispronunciation mis mis- pronunciation of familiar words For example Leon Henderson gum SLOgum for slogan The late F D R uh uh able for applicable Gen Douglas MacArthur uh MOG DON uh for Armageddon correct correct cor cor- cor- cor un GED Do you h have ve difficulty In using the words A AFFECT FF E C T and EFFECT If so Mr Colby's leaflet l C-l C l will help you To obtain a copy sent send 5 cents in coin colli and a stamped self- self addressed envelope to him care of t time the e Salt Salt Lake Tribune Tele gram Home Service Bureau Salt Sal Lake City 10 Utah |