Every-Day Errors of Speech

by L. P. Meredith

Culinary—kū´li-na-ry, not kŭl´i-na-ry.

Cupola—kū´po-la, not kū-po-lō´.

D.

Dahlia—däl´ya or dāl´-ya, not dăl´ya.

Dare not, not darse'nt.

Data—dā´ta, not dăt´a, is the plural of datum (dā´tum).

Debris—dā-brē´, not dē´brĭs nor dā´brē. Rubbish, ruins.

Decade—dĕk´ade, not dē´kade nor dē-kāde´. Ten in number.

Defalcate—de-făl´kate, not de-fawl´kāte.

Defalcation—dē-făl-kā´shun not dē-fawl-kā´shun. Worcester gives dĕf-al-kā´shun. No such word as defalcater is seen.