Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1914 — Matter of Pronunciation. [ARTICLE]

Matter of Pronunciation.

“And what state did you say you were from?” asked the Britisher of a gentleman to whom he had been introduced. Your breezy westerner is always glad to boost his own territory, and It was with considerable pride and emphasis that he announced: “I’m from I-o-wa, sir, the finest state In our Union.” “Bally strange, you know, about you Americans laughing at your cousins across the sea for the way we pronounce our words, C-h-o-l-m-o-n-d-e----1-e-y, as Chumley, and B-a-a-u-c-h-a-m-p as Beecham, you know. I’ve one on you now, you know, old chap. Only yesterday I met a gentleman from your state at luncheon, you know, and he said he was from your state, ’the finest In our Unioa,' and all that sort 6f> thing, only he pronounced it O-hi-o! Jove, I think that’s one on you Americans, don’t you know.”