| Show S standards tan dards of language whatever else the tho spelling matches do it seems probable that they will result iu in educating the public up to a demand for a higher standard of or tile the english language than is i furnished it in what the bus bud torr torn Advertiser ad vertiner vcr ver tiser calls the loose and hud debauched pages of dr NV webster ebster 11 the extraordinary jumble of good words bad words and no words helped together in that ponderous torne tome represent a frantic attempt 10 0 o create a special american language an which should resemble nothing in the heavens beavens above or the earth beneath or the waters under the earth webster imagined it po possible abie able to do this thing and thought that for n new nation a new language va 4 indispensable but facts and conditions were si him inthe jn the tho flint place the tho american people po possessed messed a p past ast which winch was ali all Ehg english their t tradition ont their literature were derived from the same source and con coD consequently all that webster achieved was the countenancing of some abominable corruption and tile the introduction of or a demoralizing element to tho the literary education of the people worcester is a far mt more i r e trustworthy authority than XV webster e t the latter being almost ulver uliver tally ye repudiated p adl by cultivated per oils toils t a and d by all ail 1 who aim at acquiring I 1 og a P pure ue sti sta style of english composition in fact it is quite possible to spell accord according ino lum to webster and yet yet yel not to spell correct english while there are thousands of words worda I 1 in bis his dictionary which have no r right glit whatever r to existence since it the ic spelling matches have forced t these b ee facts upon the tho public attention however there is some hope an attempt will be made cadete to provide the masses with a dictionary which shall have a better recommendation than mere bigness and which shall be founded upon the thebert E english writers itera wr there is no purer daglish english extant than that which is s pre presented dented in the authorized tran translation s of the bible rind and if that work were taken as the standard in these matches the results would be far more salutary even worcester abounds with corruptions corrupt ions iona and vain Inventions the natural consequence of a lexicographical competition in which the aim alm of each party was to produce produce the greatest possible number ten len of words As an illustration 0 of if the unprofitable nature of matches in which webster is the standard we neav may refer to the fact that in a match held heid in this city the other day a candidate was rejected for spelling meagre thus it was held that be he should have spelt it meager but it is hardly nece necessary to blate elate that meagre is in accordance cor dance with the best usage and therefore rig right sacramento record union onion |
