RADIO AND PRONUNCIATION
Bo many complaints have been received by the British Broadcasting Company from listeners regarding the pronunciation of its announces that it has appointed a committee of wellknown authorities on the British language to settle the manner in which certain words should be pronounced. This committee consists of Dr. Robert Bridges, the Poet Laureate; Sir Johnston Forbes-Roberts on, Professor Daniel Jones, of London University, author of a standard pronouncing dictionary in use to-day; Mr Logan Pear-sall-Smith. of the Society of Pure English; and Mr Lloyd,James, lecturer in phonetics at the School of Oriental Studies. The committee has already settled the correct pronunciation of a numner of debatable words, among which are: —Acoustics (pronounced a-coo-sticks), gyratory (jy-ratory 1, courtesy (curtesy) gala (gahla), idvll (iddil), charabanc (sharrahang), Marseilles (Marsales), iMieims (Reams).
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New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12558, 22 September 1926, Page 2
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131RADIO AND PRONUNCIATION New Zealand Times, Volume LIII, Issue 12558, 22 September 1926, Page 2
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