Every-Day Errors of Speech

by L. P. Meredith

U.

Umbrella—um-brĕl´la, not um-ber-rĕl´ nor um-ber-rĕl´la.

Upas—ū´păs, not ū´paw nor ū´pawz.

Usurp—yū-zurp´, not yū-surp´. Usurper (yū-zurp´er), etc.

V.

Vagary—va-gā´ry, not vā´-ga-ry.

Valenciennes—va-lĕn´si-ĕnz´, not văl-ĕn-seenz´. A French lace.

Valleys, not vallies, is the plural of valley.

Vamos (vä´mōs), or vamose (va-mōse´), not vam-moos´. To depart. (Inelegant.)

Vase, according to Webster; vāse or vāze, according to Worcester. The pronunciations väz and vawz are alluded to but not recommended.