Jasus
into
Jesus
, and so on. He should modulate his sentences, so as to avoid directing his accent all in one manner—from the acute to the grave. Keeping his ear on the watch for good examples, and exercising himself frequently upon them, he may become master of a greatly improved utterance.
Tea First Used In England A. D. 1698.
194. Hints for Correcting the Scotch Brogue.
The same authority remarks that as an Irishman uses the closing accent of the voice too much, so a Scotchman has the contrary habit, and is continually drawling his tones from the grave to the acute, with an effect which, to southern ears, is suspensive in character. The smooth guttural
r
is as little heard in Scotland as in Ireland, the trilled