Salt Lake Telegram | 1942-03-06 | Page 13 | Frank Colby's Just Take My Word for It

I Frank Colby's Just Take My Word for tor It 1 A ANTI TI Schenectady Do radio commentators commentators commentators com com- read dictionaries It would seem that they do not else why do they continue to pronounce ANTI as eye ant Josh the boys a bit with a M. M. M L. L S. S Answer No sooner said than done O GRAM Facsimile Q spoke A very little while ago About the newest axis stroke Upon the archipelago He told of eye ant aircraft guns That stopped the fiendish foes foe's advance Thought I We are not fighting Huns Or Japs were we're now at war with ants Then he went on to tell us that An eye ant tank barrage was laid Which knocked the panzers cold and flat Just as the light began to fade Dear me said I now ants have tanks I wonder how they managed it f They'll soon attack me on both s 1 flanks 3 To arms Quick Henry bring R j the flit Facsimile Q please E Ex Explain x p pia l a i n what eye ant means Perchance You have mistaken ants f for r fleas Or do you mean the ants in pants Im I'm anti-ant anti I tell you that If ant eyes peer from every side Ill I'll make the crawly creatures scat scat scat- My war cry Is INSECTICIDE INSECTICIDE INSECTICIDE CIDE Note Anti must never rhyme with slant eye The dictionaries dictionaries diction diction- aries show the i i to be short as in bit fit hit though the prevailing tendency In cultured speech Is to pronounce it ee to rhyme with bee see Correct pronunciations Anti AN ti AX-ti ti or ti-or ti or AN AX Demi or i i DEJU-i or DEM DE Multi MULL ti ti or or MULL- MULL tee Semi SEM 1 or I or SEM SEl Rel Released ased by The Bell Syndicate r Incorporated 4 I