Some Misused Words.
JT IS RELATED that while New York crowds were straining their eyes to see Lindbergh, who was flying over the city after his return from Europe, an excited youth shouted: “ There’s Lindboig.” A gentleman next to him remarked: “ You mean Lindbergh.” “ Well,” said the youth, “ if it ain't Lindboig it’s Lindboig’s machine. The reader will laugh at this evidence of the average New Yorker's determination to make “ boid ” out of ” bird ” and 41 toin ” out of “ turn.” But New Zealanders are not very particular about points almost as important, and three correspondents of the 44 Star ” lately have misspelt the name Lindbergh, making it Lindberg in two cases and Lindburgh in the third. Punctilio in the spelling and pronunciation of names is a mark of good breeding. It is vulgar and ill-bred to be careless about these little points. TOUCHSTONE.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 373, 15 March 1932, Page 6
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143Some Misused Words. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 373, 15 March 1932, Page 6
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