Every-Day Errors of Speech

by L. P. Meredith

Agramante—ä-grä-män´tā, not ăg´ra-mănt unless written Agramant. King of the Moors in "Orlando Furioso."

Agricane—ä-gre-kä´nā, not ăg´ri-kāne. Written also Agrican (ăg´ri-kăn). King of Tartary in "Orlando Innamorato."

Al Borak—äl bŏr´ak, not ăl bō´rak. An imaginary animal of wonderful appearance and fleetness, with which it was claimed that Mohammed made a journey to the seventh heaven.

Alcina—äl-chē´na, not ăl-sē´na. A fairy in "Orlando Innamorato."

Alciphron—ăl´si-phron, not ăl-sĭph´ron. The name of a work by Bishop Berkeley and of a character in the same. Alciphron is also the name of a poem by Thomas Moore and the hero of his romance, "The Epicurean."

Almanzor—al-măn´zor, not ăl´man-zor. A character in Dryden's "Conquest of Granada."

Al Rakim—är rä-keem´, not ăl rā´kim. The dog in the legend of the "Seven Sleepers of Ephesus."

Al Sirat—äs se-rät´, not ăl´ si-răt. An imaginary bridge between this world and the Mohammedan paradise.

Angelica—an-jĕl´i-ka, not an-jel-ë´ka. A princess of great beauty in "Orlando Innamorato."

Angelo—ăn´je-lo, not an-jĕl´o. A prominent character in "Measure for Measure." A goldsmith in the "Comedy of Errors."