Every-Day Errors of Speech

by L. P. Meredith

Dubuque—dū-bōōk´, not dū-būk´.

Fezzan—fĕz-zän´, not fĕz´zan nor fĕz-zăn´.

Freiburg—frī´bŏŏrg, not frē´burg.

Genoa—jĕn´o-a, not je-nō´a.

Gloucester—glos´ter, not as spelled. Gloucestershire (glos´ter-shir).

Greenwich (England)—grĭn´ĭdge, not as spelled. Greenwich (U. S.)—green´ĭch.

Havre de Grace—hăv´er de grass, not hā´ver de grās´. French pronunciation, hä´v'r deh gräss or ä´v'r deh gräss´.

Iowa—ī´o-wa, not ī-ō´wa nor ī´o-wā.

Java (Island)—jä´va, not jăv´a nor jā´va. Java (U. S.)—jā´va.

Jeddo (Japan)—yĕd´do, not jĕd´do. Jeddo (U. S.)—jĕd´do.