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Show Origin of a Word. "How do you pronounce v-a-u-d-e-v-l-llo?" asked tho protect of tho purist. "Vowdvllle," was tho Instant reply, followed by tho question, "How do you?" "Vawdovlllo," frankly confessed con-fessed tho prefect. "But I suspected I was wrong. That Is the reason I asked you. I tako It tho word is French?" "Yes, and It comes from tho nnmo vnu-do-vuo a rlvor In Normandy. Norman-dy. In that town during tho fifteenth century lived Oliver Uassolln, a French pr-f, who wroto a variety of matter In proso and verse. And now, after dliO years, every variety performer per-former calls his act a vaudovlllo turn. Tho study of tho origin of words Is In terestlng," concluded tho purist. |