Garland Globe | 1906-04-14 | Page 7 | Mispronounced for Years

Mispronounced for Years. "The Kngllsh language Is one that few of Its users 'can hnvc any luck,' as the slang plirnso Is," remarked a mnn the other tiny. "A young friend of mine, discussing polities, declared i that ono 'rignmee' went out nnd nn- other 'rignmee' came In. Not until I ( thought of the word 'regime' could 1 Imagine what ho meant Another mentioned some clrcumstnneo which he declared had filled him with 'chnrKln.' He mean 'chagrin.' I havo a friend who suffered for yenrs with 'Insoinmonln,' not knowing that It wns 'Insomnia' nil the while. "I suspect that our mother tonguo Is the only ono In tho world which cannot be spoken by Its own children. And It wo, who nro brought up on tho lnngimge, cannot speak It, what can we expect from the foreigner?" Kan-sne Kan-sne City Journal,