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Show Plea of a Purist. Thus writes a purist of Dorchester: "For the honor of Boston culture, will you not call attention to the proper pronunciation of the new vocabulary concerning airships? Positively, it sets one's teeth on edge to hear about 'a-re-o-planes' and 'a-re-o-nots,' to say nothing of 'Bleerotts' and 'bip lanes' and 'avayshun.' It Is bad enough to Bee 'airplanes' in bold type, but 'a-re-o-plane' is tough. Say a word, too, about that terrible new coinage 'onto.' When the brave 'a-re-o-not' gets up 'onto' his ear,' it is really pretty bad, but not so dangerous as to get up 'onto his hanjer.' And while you are about It, do ask 'em to take time to say 'telephone' and not that dreadful 'phone.' She who 'phones' so often wears a gigantic coiffure and somewhat some-what germy fillet, and exhibits a vast amount of dentistry for the money And ask her, too, not to buy a 'rimlet' of 'voyel' for her dress, nor to take 'Johanna Hoff' if she wishes to 're-Juce.' 're-Juce.' Or, if the subject is too large for your space, will you just ask the Colonel, who finds opportunity to adjust ad-just atomic as well as cosmic affairs?" Boston Transcript. |