WHAT’S IN A NAME?
de Lima e Silva.—Brazil Ambassador to Washington, dee lee’ma ee sil’va. Ahmet Nulitar.—Turkish Ambassador to Washington. Using the Scottish ch it becomes ahch-met moochtahr, with no major stress. Yosemite.—National park in California Four syllables, yo-sem’-i-tee. Weissmuller.—Swimmer, who appeared on the screen as Tarzan. His name rhymes perfectly with nice colour. Caribbean. —The sea south of the United States is pronounced Kari-bee’-an, not ka-rib’ian. San Juan.—Port in Puerto Rico, sahn hoo-ahn.’
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Southland Times, Issue 25361, 13 August 1935, Page 8
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74WHAT’S IN A NAME? Southland Times, Issue 25361, 13 August 1935, Page 8
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