A WORD A DAY.

Southland Times, Issue 21101, 5 June 1930, Page 6

A WORD A DAY.

PERIODICAL. It is obvious from the formation of this word that it represents something produced at regular stated times, or literally “at the completion of a circuit” (Greek peri), ■‘round,” and odos, “a way.” Whether the daily newspaper can come tinder this heading is the question to be discussed. On the point of regularity it can certainly qualify, and . a few dictionaries include “dailies” in this class, although the majority do not. A magazine, newspaper, or other literary publication appearing at regular intervals longer than a day, as a weekly, monthly, etc., may be properly called a periodical. It must be published in regular succession, each part or number containing matter on a variety of topics, and no number being formed into a book by itself. When considering the matter of copyright, however, the United States Copyright Office has included under “periodicals” all “magazines, newspapers, or serial publications partaking of the nature of a periodical." Pe-ri-od-i-cal is accented on the third syllable. Note the sound of each vowel very carefully; sound e as in eat, each i as in till, o as in odd, a as in account. , “The periodical literature was destined to acquire unbounded influence.*