Mt. Pleasant Pyramid | 1913-05-07 | Page 2 | In Defense of Mother Tongue

In Defense of Mother Tongue. Italy, as well as France, now has the football craze, and the fact has caused Sig. Luciano Zuccoli to raise a cry of alarm on behalf of his mother I tongue. He complains that the most musical of all languages Is being do based by the introduction of harsh sounding sporting terms imported from England, although for many ol these, such as "match," "rush" ant "trial," there are satisfactory home made equivalents. One -of the largest athletic bodies in Italy haB an entirely entire-ly English name, "The Milan Football and Cricket club." Yet football, Sig. Zucoll points out, is a direct descendant descen-dant of the old Roaan game, "harpac- t u m"