CAREFUL OF HIS PRONUNCIATION.
There is a good story going about which may be interesting to purists of pronunciation. ‘ How do you do, Mr Gilbert ?’ said Mr X., to one who is very particular as to thebreathing of his name.* ‘ Pardon me,’ replied Mr Gilbert, ‘ not Gilbert, but Jilbert; soft, like the “g ”in “ gentleman.” ’ ‘Dear me,’ replied X., ‘I thought you pronounced it hard, like the “ g” in “ blackguard.” ’ Whereat Mr Gilbert collapsed and hastily’ left his tormentor’s presence, for he felt that be had been hardly used but those who heard the conversation only laughed.
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New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 48, 29 November 1890, Page 20
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97CAREFUL OF HIS PRONUNCIATION. New Zealand Graphic, Volume V, Issue 48, 29 November 1890, Page 20
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