HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1961-01-12, Page 7British Names
Tough To Pronounce
Newcomers to England are so
ignorant of the Briton's com-
pulsion for understatement that
they often pronounce the name
of the Secretary of State for
Commonwealth Relations as
"Sandie" or "Sandees," It is per-
fectly obvious to locals that
Duncan Sandys" last name
rhymes with glands." '
Fivexyone knows and jokes
about "Chumley," which is pro-
nouneed that way but is spelled.
-Cholmondeley. But it is also
spelled Chotheley and Chomley.
• There is more than one way
to fool a foreigner. Others in the
"Chumley" category are Wrens-
fordsley, pronounced "ren-sli,"
and Wriothesley, which passes
AS "rox-li."
When the Earl of Home was
appointed Foreign Secretary,
even- the British Newspapers
thought an explanation of his
name was necessary, because it.
is not pronounced like "home'
at all, but like "home," rhym-
ing with "fume."
One commentator thought the.
origin of "hume" went back le
the Third Earl of Home. Lead-
ing his troops in the Battle of
Floeldin Field in 1513, he tried
to rally ahem with the famil7
name.
"Home! Hore!" he cried.
All too willing, the story goes,
the warriors dropped their
weapons and headed for home.
Henceforth, the name was pro-
nounced "hume",
But Holmes is pronounced
"homes,"
Names of French origin are
a challenging lot anywhere in
the English. - speaking world,
but here they get the no-non-
sense treatment one -would ex-
pect from an insular people
known fortheir phlegm and
self-confidence. Beauchamp be-
comes "beecham," and Beaulieu,,
much in the news recently as the
scene of jazz festivals and jazz
riots, is nothing else but "bewli."
And where else would Bouchier
come out "bowcher," as in "vou-
cher," or d'Aguilar become "dog
wilier"?
Gillespie, Gilmour and Gilroy
are given the hard "G," as in
"golly," but Gillingham is "iil-
lingam," as in "gee."
There is a tendency here to
sun out of breath on words end-
ing in. ``ester." Worcester, for ex-
ample, becomes "wooster." But
don't count on it. Cirencester can
be heard correctly as "syr-ensis-
ter, "sissiter" and "sis-sister."
Leominster, of course, is "lems-
ter," and Bicester is "bister,"
The British are inclined to be
casual, too, with names ending
in "borough." Loughborough
elopes off into "lufburra," and
j!rlarlborough hardly finishes the
course with "mawl-bra."
Does the stranger think he
has mastered it? Let him con-
sider Hambro. This time a syl.
heble is added, and the result
is "ham-boro." Hawlsbury is
"thals-bri" .and Shrewsbury is.
"shro-sberri." In a class by it-
self is Seaworthy, or "bow-ri."
A • visitor can be forgiven a
flew gaffes, and the Briton's
scornwill be only moderate if
• there is uncertainty with Ride-
halgh ("rid -oh") or Colclough
("koke-li"), which are not on
everyone's tongue, anyway. But
he is held in contempt who re -
lens to .Sir Ralph Richardson as
anything but "Sir Rahf" or "Sir
• Rafe," or fails to pronounce, the
name of the creator of' Jeeves as
"P. G. Woodhouse." —By Walter.
H. Waggoner in the New York
Times Magazine.
CARBO TAKES FIFTH - Frankie
Carb,d, brought from his prison
cell in New York where he is
serving a two-year term for
undercover boxing activities,
appears before the Senate And -
Trust and Monopoly Subcom-
mittee in Washington Dec. 14.
Carbo refused to answer 30
questions asked him by Senate
boxing investigators. He cited
the Fifth Amendment as
grounds for his refusal,
ISSUE 1 -- 1901 '
TOURS NEW HOME - Mrs. John F, Kennedy, wife of the 'presi
dent -elect, takes leave of Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower after the
First Lady took, her on a tour of the White House. Mrs: Kennedy
went to the White House two hours, after she left Georgetown
Hospital with her infant son.
Beards Are :Papular
Over In Britain
Why do beards and mustaches
appear tobe more popular at
present on this side of the Atlan-
tic than in the United States?
Some days . as I walk along
London streets, it seems as if
every 10th man is sporting
whiskers on his face. Not just
university s t u d en t s, although
they have them. Not just artis-
tic types,, or radicals, or military
men, either. But all sorts, from
wealthy, distinguished Nuba r
Gulbenkian to the unknown man
with the red bush who just strol-
led past our office.
Yet whenever I am stalking
one to illustrate my point, all
London's bearded men suddenly
seem to go into hiding,
A recent Punch cartoon, how:
ever, confirms my suspicions
about the growing prevalence'—
or rather, the prevalence of
growing—of hirsute adornment.
It shows 'a social gathering
where all 'the men in the room
have beards except one., And to
that cafe, who is looking very
glum, a female is chirping: "I
must say you look very distin-
guished without your beard."
Or take the case of a fel Rw
who uses the pseudonym "Rip
Van Winkle." He claims he grew
a beard during the war "to put
a more ferocious aspect to my
baby face," and afterward kept
his bristles in civilian life, Then,
after '20 years of hairy -chinned
splendor, he writes, he shaved •
off his beard. Alas, "How I re-
gret it," says Rip. Now that his
face has come out of hiding, his
-friends pass him on the street,
and his daughters complain he
doesn't look fierce any more.
He already has made his New
Year's resolution, he says. It it
"to grow a beard and join the
apes again." •
Myown theory is that male
Americans in their quest for tidi-
ness like to keep their hair cut
shorter than most Europeans—
and moreover that this zeal na-
turally extends to the adjacent
facial areas, too. Thus Americans
are always caricatured over here
as crew-cut and .clean-shaven.
But particularly in Britain, the
haircuts tend to be infrequent
and the hair left as long as is
decently possible. Thus it is not
surprising that the next step for
some British men is to let their
sideburns creep down until they
meet under the chin.
A convincing explanation for
the increasing prevalence 4
beard -growing is hard to •find,
however. Some suggest the res
naissance is an ego -boosting tac-
tic on the part of men. They say
it helps them meet the chat -
'
lenges of the age—particularly
if they have no other distinctive
equipment to throw into the
fray, writes Henry S. Hayword
in the Christian Science Monitor.
'Others contend it is British
rugged individualism, on display
-the inner urge to be different
from one's fellow -man, I find
this especially hard to believe in
a nation where the men are
noted for their sartorial conser-
vatism and conformity. Butcer-
tain of my British colleagues as-
sure me it now has become
stylish to be different and that
one need no longer shave "to
.. keep up appearances.".
In this country, beards have
been in and out of fashion from
the earliest days, When wigs
game in, face hair went out, and
vice versa, At the time of Wa-
terloo, only military men had.
mustaches, and a civilian was -
deerned a gay blade indeed if he
let his lip -hair proliferate.
After the Crimean War, how-
ever, the custom became more
general at home, and in this con.
tury King Edward VII and King
George V: were magnificently
bearded British. monarchs. The
Royal Navy historically hasbeen
a stronghold of nonshavers, At
sea, a beardmay be a matter of
warmth and all-weather conveni-
ence. More recently, World War
II saw the evolution of the brist-
ly but colorful and popular RAF
mustache, In a surprising num-
ber of cases these outgrowths
survive intact today,
I personally have found it pos-
sible to grow, but impossible to
retain, whiskers. Once when I
returned after a lengthy stay in
Korea I boasted a commendable
mustache. - But my family booed
and boycotted me until. I was
forced to whisk it oft. More re
cently, my wife and children
have insisted I ought to have an
electric shaver for Christmas, al-
though I am quite satisfied with
my current brush and blade.
They seem to have a horror of •
anything growing on my face,
Especially mutton chops.
It's rather old-fashioned of
them, dont you think?
A Losing Coach Who
Didn't Get Fired
Theend of the football play-
ing season atour college and
universities frequently marks
the beginning of the football
coach firing season.
In some circles, notably where
excited and loyal alumni gather,
firing a coach because he loses
games is natural and proper.
College football is Big Business,
they argue. jt is simply a matter
of principle, or getting a fair re-
turn on money invested in a ,
huge stadium and sturdy half-
backs.
Altogether too often college
presidents yield to the pressures,
and fire away. Year after year
excessive emphasis on victory
leading to the firing of coaches
leaves a grubby smear of com-
mercialism on the face of higher
education. •
But the first flurry of action
in this year's coach firing season
has taken a uniquely satisfying
turn,
Coach Richard Voris has been
at the University of Virginia for
three years and has lost his last
27 games. His contract has an-
other year to run. In these cir-
cumstances it is not surprising to
find Dr. Edgar F. Shannon, pres-
ident . of the •institution founded
by Thomas .Jefferson, under con-
siderable pressure to get rid of
his coach: The pressure, as Dr.
Shannon :puts: it, comes from "a
group of alumni deeply interest-
ed in the University's athletic
program."
Dr. Shannon continued:
. ,'It is important and pro-
per that our players, as part of
their education here, know that
honor and good conduct are not
only taught but practiced. .
The University of Virginia does
not break its contracts,"
Dr. Shannon, to his everlast-
ing credit, is concerned with
something more important than
a return on financial investment
or the illusive prestige of win-
ning season. His interest is in
principle, and by sticking to it he
is winning for the University of
Virginia an honor no criticism
can tarnish.—New York Herald
Tribune.
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was unmasked as a salesman of
road signs. Stop, said the judge
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man to park in jail for two
years.
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