Show SPOKEN E ENGLISH New ew York Times s Mr 11 Hem Henr henry James Judged b by the tone lone of his re remarks remarks re- re marks published In Sundays Sunday's New Nc NewYork NewYork York Times Is more macre wroth even tha than he was when a year ago ho lectured the young oung women of Bryn Brn Mawr over ove the iho case of English as it I Is spoken en i In America In Tho Sunday Sunda Times Times's article he characterizes the speech o of otherwise charming young oung women a aa aa as a mumble a slobber o or snarl marl or whine articulated as ns from sore mouths and varied by grunts o of assent He can find no polte polite language adequate to lo the expression of his contempt contempt con con- tempt for tor or American enunciation Mr tr James has a theory theor which ma maor may mayor or inAY may not help to account for ou out om prevalent shortcomings R of utterance amid and that thai these are many and serious sellous Is not to be denied It I may be that tha there hero ha has grown n up among us a sus sus- of refinement an aim ni idea that thai time the fewer and cruder th the dw sounds employed the he more forceful will wt b be the resultant speech ii Probably however time the explanation o of our oU vocal ocal barbarism Is in tn mete lucre mCle thoughtlessness and amid uld carelessness There Thero has never ne been In America a R general genera appreciation of oC the time desirability of accurate accurate ac ac- nc- nc curate utterance It I Is no reproach I 1 II I to an AmerIcan of scholarship to sa say I nothing of social standing habitually to employ a lazy slipshod utterance which in iii England would disgrace a decent servant We e e drawl and slur and Uld clip flatten Oaten our OU vowels snub OUi OU ur labials labials- torture and ma diphthongs our OU enunciation enunciations Is s slovenly our OU accents are arc too many and amid too far back our oum OU words wOlds are arc allowed allowed al- al lowed owed to run rUI together In a Jumble of half articulated half sound unpleasant to o ohe the he ear cal caland and amid to time the under under- unde I stand trig Ing It I Is pei perhaps haps the WOI worst t reproach I that hat can caim jUSt Justly bo be brought blought against us Most Englishmen speak with precision a national sentiment requires It H. Here we e take no thought to promote cor- cor or care Our children go untaught un- un taught ourselves not nol only Ignorant but ul with wih cars aIS grown unable to distinguish dis- dis q Je simple vocal differences No o better work could possibly be le con con- than thai that thai which could be done lone by time new lew Society for the Stud Study of Spoken English In the 0 way ivay of opening our om ears eals and training our tongues |