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Show LEARN A WORD EVERY DAY Today's word is ATLOM U. Generally it's pronounced a-plum, with the accent on the second syllable, but strictly speaking, the word being French, the two syllables should bo ai cent 1 equally, and the second one should finish with a sound somewhere between "in," n," and ' ng," a nasal, with no exact equivalent In English. Webster gives it as "a-plon," wltn tho fir-u syllable accented, but the second more hc a lly so. It comes from the French "a," to, and "plomb," lead. laterally, It means perpendicularly, but ordinarily has the sense of "assur-anco "assur-anco of manner, pel f-DOssesslon." It's used like this "Kcmul Pasha's aplomb In his dealings with the allies doubtless Is due, In great measure, to his assurance of French and Italian sympathy with Turkey's claims." oo |