Show TAKE MY WORD FOR IT By Frank Colby The customary award goes this week to Mrs 1 M. M McConnell of or Miami Beach She writes M My pet speech peeve can be illustrated by one side of a conversation conversation con con- I heard recently at a yacht basin Its a fac that's a beautiful and so well kep I wouldn't ob jec to It as a gif Mrs McConnell has called attention attention attention at at- to a far too common error In American speech that speech that of dropping the final t in such words as soft least best rest most raft crept correct reject left and so on I do not advise making a fetish of final t by overemphasizing overemphasizing pha it as some too-precise too broadcasters do But we should pronounce the t especially in any form of public speaking An error that is equally serious Is the sounding of or final t in words which do not end in t as for across onset for once wisht for wish at for attack ast for ask I think I should also give southerners a little scolding m In n what Admiral Halsey called a friendly fashion for tor omitting 1 in certain words as se seT sef for self seH hep for Cor help fim nm for film Released by Bell Syndicate Inc |