Show english preserve early french the pronunciation of beaumont one of the villages captured by the germans in the great attack on verdun presents at any rate so BO far as the first syllable la Is concerned no difficulties even to the man in the street yet in the eighteenth century the average englishman spoke of beamont Bew mont and beffort Bew tort fort and leigh hunt commenting on the tact fact maintains that the average englishman for once was right and was merely re reviving vivine the original french pronunciation surviving here in tho word beauty which we correctly rhyme wit with hauty duty london telegraph |